Book of Bruno Slot
Free spins, wild substitutions, expanding symbols and progressive jackpots are among the many attraction of the Book of Bruno video slot from FAZI. Shady-looking gangsters populate this 5-reel, 10-line game that’s set against a rainy street scene, and while it’s hard to see the details through the bad weather, the cars look vintage, so it seems to be set in the 1920’s era.
These suspicious characters are joined by the high-card symbols and the mysterious book of the title, although what’s in the book and who Bruno is remains a mystery. But not to worry, as spinning the reels can result in some high-paying combinations of symbols and when there’s the chance for a substantial progressive jackpot prize, the somewhat un-defined theme really isn’t important.
What matters is that it looks good, can be trusted to deliver reliable winning spins and can be played on mobiles and desktop PC’s at the growing number of online casinos where games from this developer are featured.
Opening the Book
Realistic graphics and animations are featured throughout, although some of the character symbols are so realistic that they look very much like famous actors and singers. We’re mentioning no names, but players will probably recognise a couple of them.
This slot can be played from a low limit of just 0.20 per spin, although this only activates a single payline, so to get all 10 lines covered, at least 2.00 will be needed, while the maximum bet is set at 200.00. It’s quite a high starting point, so anyone wanting to test it out first will find free Book of Bruno video slot games are available.
In the standard way, all pays are from left to right on adjacent reels across active lines, starting on reel 1. The lower value playing card symbols 10, J and Q are each worth 10, 50 or 200x the line stake when landing on 3, 4 or 5 reels respectively, while the K and A pay out 10, 80 or 300x. The characters who have a passing resemblance to Rhianna and Ray Liotta (whoops, we mentioned names), will each pay 10x when landing on just 2 reels, and up to 1500x when filling a payline, while Robert De Niro is worth from 10x to 4000x. The top prizes come from the boss, who looks a little like James Cagney and returns up to 10000x.
Gamble Game
There’s the option to gamble any winnings, with players doubling the payout if they manage to correctly time a click as a playing card rapidly flashes between red and black.
A successful pick means that they can either collect the doubled win, or anyone who likes to take a risk can go again, several times over, but of course a wrongly timed click at any point loses the triggering win along with any gamble feature gains made so far.
Wild Substitutions and Bonus Games
The picture of Bruno’s book is a wild symbol that can act as any other and therefore complete winlines if it’s in the right positions. It’s also worth from 40 to 5000 coins when it lands across a line without substituting, and should at least 3 of this symbol appear at once, the main bonus free spins round is triggered.
Before the 12 spins begin, a symbol is randomly selected to become a special expanding symbol, which will fill any reel that it lands on to make it easier to complete a winning line.
Mystery Jackpot Awards
Platinum and Diamond progressive jackpot values are shown beneath the reels and a small percentage of every wager made on the Book of Bruno slot machine is added to these amounts. Players don’t need to do anything special to get paid either jackpot, as they are awarded completely at random, although the higher the stakes, the better the odds of scooping one of these huge prizes.
The Verdict
Highly realistic graphics make this game stand out, although the theme isn’t particularly well explained in any depth. But it certainly looks good and will appeal to fans of Mafia themed slots and movies.
Reliable wins from the playing card symbols, and less frequent, but higher value awards from the characters should ensure that gamblers get a decent return on their stakes. The odds of extra winlines being created in the free spins games, plus the wild substitutions from the book symbol are the main attractions and while these are nothing innovative, they are tried and tested bonus features that work well.
