Cathedral 9 Demo (Elk Studios) Slot Demo & Review

Game Overview

Whether you’re religious or even believe in God or not, you have to admit that some of the churches that have been built throughout our history are truly spectacular. Then, when you add a choir into the mix, especially in the movies or games when they go back to the 1800s or so, it’s almost like a haunting tune rings out, taking you into another dimension. Well, that’s how it makes me feel at least.

Okay, why am I talking about churches and religion? Are you wondering if Demoslot has been converted? Not quite yet, but maybe after today, as we’re ready to put the Elk Studios slot Cathedral 9 through its paces, a 6-reel game with scatter pays, free spins, and a maximum win of 25,000x.

Theme & Design

Given the title of the slot, you’ll not be surprised to learn that the gameplay on Cathedral 9 is set in… yes, you guessed it, a cathedral. However, as we enter this slot, it soon becomes apparent that this once majestic building has seen better days, at least in the base game anyway, as there is rubble strewn in the background, along with crumbling statues and walls. I would suggest, though, that if you do like that old-style spiritual type of music, you crank up the volume, as it does genuinely enhance the game. Well, that’s my opinion at least.

Time for some similar recommendations to play now, and whilst you might think religious-themed slots are a bit thin on the ground, there are some for you to get stuck into if you want to explore the niche in more detail. I’m just going to stick with the one game provider for this, Print Studios, who has two slots you can try here on our platform, titled Holy Hand Grenade and Holy Hand Grenade 2.

Cathedral 9 Gameplay & Features

Elk Studios Cathedral 9 is a 6-reel, 5-row online slot which operates on the scatter pays mechanic with a below-average RTP of 94%. The game is playable from a strong selection of stakes, with players able to start the reels spinning from a minimum of €0.20 up to a maximum of €100.

Like most Elk slots, Cathedral 9 has a lot of modifiers and bonuses baked into the gameplay, and we’ll get things started by telling you this is a cascading reels game, with winning symbols eliminated from the reels and new ones dropping from the bonus reel above the main playfield for more chances to win. As for the other features you’ll encounter, these are:

• Explosion Feature: Will remove all payout symbols on its own and adjacent columns.

• Collect Feature: The collector symbol selects one payout symbol in view and collects all identical symbols in view into one symbol position.

• Mystery Coffin: A mystery coffin activates when it reaches the bottom of the game grid. An activated super mystery coffin adds its multiplier value to the global multiplier. All mystery coffins in view reveal the same payout symbol or a Wild symbol.
• Activated mystery coffins nudge 1 symbol position downwards.

• Entombed: The entombed feature activates when the entombed symbol covers the entire feature reel and triggers when no more wins appear. All symbols on the grid will be replaced with 1 payout symbol type.

• Holy Collect: The Holy Collect can trigger in any initial drop or free drop. Energy is added to the holy collect when a holy blocker drops from the feature reel. The state of the holy collect is kept between game rounds. The holy collect adds 3, 4, 5 or 6 coffins to the grid when triggered. Every game round has the same probability to trigger the holy collect feature.

• Free Spins: 3 or more Bonus symbols trigger the free drop bonus game. Each bonus symbol can award 2, 3 or 4 free drops. The maximum number of symbols is 6. Landing a bonus symbol during bonus mode adds additional free drops.

• Super Spins: Winning on all 9 payout symbol types in bonus mode triggers the super bonus. Super Bonus awards additional free drops and is played with only super mystery coffins.

Bonus Buy

Playing with a greater risk via enhanced bets and bonus buys is available through the following options:

• Bonus Hunt: 3 times more likely to trigger the feature – Costs 2.5x the base bet.
• Mega Bonus Hunt: 10 times the chance of triggering a feature – Costs 10x the base bet.
• Coffin Drop: Buy a game with up to 6 coffins on the reels – Costs 50x the base bet.
• Free Spins: Costs 100x the base bet.
• Super Free Spins: Costs 500x the base bet.