Pandemic Rising Slot

What follows is a slot review of the worst slot released this year. The title of this online slot is Pandemic Rising, and the developer, which will be of no surprise to anyone, is Pragmatic Play. Joining me in lamenting the continued suffering of their awful game development is award-winning gaming physicist and slot professor, Albert Slotstein. 

Pandemic Rising thinks it’s a concept game with its finger on the pulse of global issues concerning man-made viruses. Sure, the design is rather incredible, but wow, when it comes to gameplay, you’d seriously have more fun being skinned alive by a cult of Satan worshiping gerbils. This game is so dire that even at this stage of the year, I’m crowning it the worst to come out. And here at Casinos.com, you can experience the suffering for FREE! 

Test the free demo here before you think about playing it in online casinos with real money.

Pandemic Rising from Pragmatic Play is a high volatility game with a 96.51% RTP. The layout of the game is on a 5x4 grid that has forty paylines to win off. The cost of play starts at $0.20, rising to $240. The top payout is 14,000x your bet, meaning at $240 per spin, the max win would be $3,360,000. This is insanely massive and beats some progressive jackpot slots in the market. However, this is not a good value-for-money game. 

The mechanics of play are simple. Land three to five matching symbols on a payline to produce a win. During play, special symbols can come into play to activate features and bonuses to help you win more money. 

Pandemic Rising is visually good, the hit frequency for winning is good, but when it comes to special features, it’s worse than 99% of other Pragmatic Play games, which is saying something. So, you don’t get many bonuses, just the one free spins bonus. But you do get the standard Bonus Buy and Ante Bet options.

Pandemic Rising is a game that will pique the interest of players who have a love for apocalyptic themes. The release is somewhat fortuitous, given that in the same week, in Mississippi, a truck crash resulted in the escape of infected and aggressive monkeys that were injected with COVID-19, Herpes, Hepatitis C, and extreme leftist ideologies.

And on that satirical bombshell, I invite you to play the worst game of the year, Pandemic Rising, and to see if you can survive the predictable boredom that is a staple programming element of Pragmatic Play.