Blood & Shadow 2 Slot Review

The Blood & Shadow 2 Slot Game

It’s funny how most humans don’t fancy anything scary in real life but find it arguably exciting when it’s virtual. No wonder game developers like Nolimit City love mental games.

Don’t worry if you’re not a fan of hair-raising slots. Instead, you can use the free demo attached here to test if it suits your gambling needs!

The developer describes the girl in Blood & Shadow 2 as having locked herself away in an abandoned cathedral after gracing Blood & Shadow. As such, this new slot takes place inside a haunted chapel. Candles line the aisle, and their numbers increase at the pulpit filled with bones and skulls.

The ambience becomes spookier when you enter the bonus rounds, whereby instances of several possessed animals encircle a fire pit. In short, this slot’s aura is extremely spine-chilling.

Symbols and Payouts

I bet you’re only expecting high and low-paying symbols, as per the usual Nolimit setup. However, the paytable indicates that you also get a mid-win category in this 15-paying symbol game. 

It has a 1024-3125 ways configuration. A winning combination happens when matching symbols (as shown in the paytable) land on adjacent reels from the outermost left side. Then, each symbol’s win is indicated in the paytable, reflecting the currently selected stake!

Like in the original slot, the low-paying symbols include the Eye, Forked Tongue, Horns, Canine Teeth, and Curved CrossHieroglyphic signs. They pay 0.05-0.15x, 0.05-0.2x, 0.1-0.25x, 0.15-0.2x, and 0.2-0.4x the stake, respectively.

The mid-win symbols in Blood & Shadow 2 are the Undead Crow, Snake, Ram, Wolf, and Grim Reaper. These pay 0.25-0.6x, 0.3-0.7x, 0.35-0.9x, 0.4-1.1x, and 0.45-1.2x the bet, respectively.

The demonic versions of the mid-win symbols are the highest-paying ones. However, their payouts are more valuable, as they award 0.5-2x, 0.75-3x, 1-4x, 1.25-4.5x, and 1.5-5x the stake, respectively.

Beyond the regular tier are the Sticky Wild, scatter, and two xSplit symbols. However, I’ll uncover their functions in the next segment.

Blood & Shadow 2 Slot Bonus Features

The majority of features from the original game have returned here. However, this game includes more advancements, including the Nolimit Booster and more buy options!

Tumble Feature

Any winning combination disappears while the remaining symbols tumble down. It paves the way for new symbols to fall in and replace the empty positions.

Ritual Bar

Blood & Shadow 2 has a Ritual Bar with five progression levels—levels 1 (20), 2 (30), 3 (40), 4 (60), and 5 (80). The bar resets after every level up, and any excess collection will be carried over.

Land the scatter and winning combinations of mid and high-win symbols to advance the Ritual Bar by +10, +1, and +2 collections, respectively. Every level removes the low-win symbols and transforms the mid-win symbols to their high-paying counterparts. The bar also resets per game round.

Candle Spins

Unlock a new Ritual Bar level to receive +2 Candle Spins till level 4 and +6 free spins when progressing into the Reign of Terror spins. Any potential wins payout before advancing to the new level, and the Ritual Bar functions similarly to the base game.

Sticky Wild

This symbol can land on any reel and pay 5x for 5 OAK. During the Candle/Reign of Terror Spins, it drops to the reel’s bottom and becomes sticky until it’s part of a winning combo or you change the bet.

xSplit Symbols

Blood & Shadow 2 has two xSplit symbols:

• The Dagger splits its row.

• The Guillotine splits all symbols below it on its reel.

The xSplit symbols always have an x2 multiplier, and symbols split by them also get their multipliers, respectively. Both xSplits become wild after the split, and the multiplier reflects the reel’s symbol count up to x32.

Halifax Gibbet Spins

Buying this feature progresses the Ritual Bar instantly to level 3 and awards +6 Candle Spins. Meanwhile, three high-paying symbols replace the three low & mid-paying symbols.

Reign of Terror Spins

The game awards +6 free spins when you enter this feature, but after completing any potential wins. Instead of the Ritual Bar, the reel area becomes a 5x5 gameboard with premium symbols only, and hitting a scatter awards a +1 spin. Meanwhile, buying this feature awards 10 free spins.

Nolimit Booster

The Booster in Blood & Shadow 2 provides two options:

• xBet 1 for 2.5x the bet you’re thrice more likely to trigger the Reign of Terror Spins. It always starts at level 1.

• xBet 2 for 66x the base bet, you’re guaranteed a spin at level 5 with Guillotine and Dagger symbols.

Nolimit Bonus Buy

You can buy the Halifax Gibbet and Reign of Terror Spins for 100 and 500 times the base bet, respectively. Or, choose the Lucky Draw for 240 times the stake.

How to Win at Blood & Shadow 2 Slot

Like its prequel, this online slot is understandable. It has a 5x5 setup, with the bottom row locked and a Ritual Bar beneath it. The bottom locked row has wild symbols revealed in each level progression from the left.

As such, the ways to win can vary from 1024 to 3125. Therefore, winning combinations of the same symbol pay from the leftmost side to the right on adjacent reels.

But there’s no winning without the risk of spinning the reels. So, wager an ideal amount between the €0.20 and €100 range, then press Spin to play a single Blood & Shadow 2 round. Alternatively, use the Autoplay function for several auto-spins based on preselected limits.    

Use the Lightning Flash to activate/deactivate faster spins and the Menu icon for the paytable and game rules.

Blood & Shadow 2 Slot RTP & Volatility

The theoretical RTP of this slot is 96.09%. But beware that it changes when using the xBet and buy options. Further, the high volatility can result in up to 16,161x the bet wins!

The Final Thoughts

For a long time, Nolimit City shied away from sequels. However, it’s as if the Malta-based game developer has spotted an opportunity and started recreating its previous releases. For instance, San Quentin 2: Death Row, a sequel to San Quentin xWays, came out not long ago.

As if that wasn’t enough, the mental-slot aficionado has continued the Blood & Shadow legacy with Blood & Shadow 2.

However, I was irked by how this sequel reused its predecessor’s mechanics and features. So, you still get tumbling wins, a ritual bar, a sticky wild, and an xSplit symbol. Even the free spins are the same, albeit with different names. Although it’s the nature of most slot series, it displayed a reduction in creativity from this renowned developer.

Still, like a puzzle with hidden surprises, it offered a better winning opportunity of over 16,000x the bet. Perhaps that’s the only significant difference between this slot and its predecessor. So, it may not intrigue you so much if you played the original game. However, you’re up for a thrilling ride if you didn't!