Big Bass Xmas Xtreme Slot Review
It's the Christmas sequel to the mega-popular 'Big Bass' slot series. The new game boasts cash prizes up to x1,000 to the stake within the base game and bonus one. Also, the latter is rich in beneficial features, like extra Free Spins (FS), collecting of alluded-to-above cash prizes, and prize multipliers up to x50. So, if you fancy this popular gambling series or just adore gaining the thrill due to the generous wins obtained through Free Spins, this game is the best choice currently. Especially since the max win here is solid x10,000 by the bet.
Big Bass Xmas Xtreme by Reel Kingdom Slot Features
Big Bass Xmas Xtreme General Characteristics
- 10 pay lines
- 5 reels and 3 rows
- Very High Volatility
- RTP: 96.07%, 95.08%, 94.05%
- Base game hit frequency: 1 in 8.53 spins (12%)
- Free Spins hit frequency: 1 in 148.43 spins (0.7%)
- Odds for > x1,000 hit frequency: 1 in 28,445 spins
- Max win hit frequency: 1 in 14,321,518 spins
- Bet amount: 0.1 EUR - 250 EUR
- Maximum win multiplier: x10,000
- Maximum win value: 2,500,000 EUR
- 9 main symbols
- Additional symbols: Fisherman Wild, Scatter, Money Symbol
Big Bass Xmas Xtreme Bonus Features
There are 10 fixed pay lines in this slot. Winning combinations start from the leftmost reel, and each must include at least 2–3 identical paying symbols placed on adjacent positions.
Money Symbol
These carry money prizes varying from x0.2 to x1,000 by the bet. Corresponding prizes are collectible during the bonus and base game. Within the base game, during a randomly chosen spin, all the cash prizes are gathered and multiplied by a random multiplier value, which can be x1–x50.
Scatter
The Scatter doesn't bring payments and can appear on any reel. 3+ Scatters trigger bonus FS game start. If two Scatters appear on the screen within the base game, there is a chance to get an additional one, thanks to the occasional triggering of one of these two features:
- If both currently landed Scatters are positioned within 1–2 rows, re-spins can start, giving it a chance of the third Scatter hitting. During each re-spin, both Scatters move one step down. Re-spins go until at least one Scatter goes away from the view. Consequently, the maximum number of Re-Spins is 2.
- Any symbol on the screen can be randomly changed into a Scatter.
Free Spins (FS)
3+ Scatters guarantee the awarding of 10 free turns. Yet, before a gambler starts to play a bonus game, there is a 'Pick a modifier' mini-game one needs to participate in.
Pick a modifier
There are four possible modifiers:
- 'More Free Spins' ones supply 1-3 extra Free Spins. In this way, a player can get up to 6 additional free turns.
- 'Guaranteed Fish' modifiers provide up to three Fish symbols, which will be guaranteed to be on the screen for the entire bonus game.
- 'Already collected Fisherman Wilds' ones grant up to three Wilds to advance through the corresponding meter trail, which enhances the chances for the Free Spins retrigger.
- 'Remove the lowest Fish' modifiers allow the deletion of the two smallest cash prizes.
Picking of modifiers is going on until a boot is found instead of a modifier. 4 and 5 landed Scatters automatically unveil one and two boots correspondingly before starting to pick, which increases your chances of collecting many more lucrative modifiers.
Money Symbols
Cash prizes carried by Fish symbols can be collected within the bonus game each time the Fisherman Wild hits the play grid. Each Fisherman symbol gathers cash prizes separately.
Fisherman Wild
During the bonus game, each Wild is gathered by the corresponding meter above the reels. Every 4th Wild collected earns 10 extra Free Spins and a multiplier applied to cash prizes collected from the Fish pics. There are seven levels to progress. Their unlocking brings the multipliers from x2 to x50. FS retriggering will no longer be available after the last level is unlocked.
During Free Spins, four features can randomly trigger:
- If the Fisherman Wild is on the screen but no Fish symbols are in view, there is a chance that Fish symbols can emerge in random positions.
- If Fish symbols are on the screen but no Fisherman ones, there is a chance to get the Wild thanks to the Hook feature that pulls Fisherman symbols onto random reels.
- Also, if the Fisherman has landed but there are no Fish symbols on the playfield, all symbols on the screen except for Wilds can change, giving you a chance to get Fish symbols.
- Finally, the Hook feature can occasionally pull out symbols of both types—Fisherman and Fish.
Buy Free Spins
You can buy the Free Spin round activation for the price of x100. The number of Scatters that should land during the following spin after purchasing is random and can be 3, 4, or 5.
Ante Bet
Increasing the odds of a bonus game triggering will cost you 50% of each stake while this function is enabled.
Our Experience Playing Big Bass Xmas Xtreme
We played 300 spins in this slot, enabling a €1 stake. Our deposit was precisely €200.
The 1st hundred spins awarded us only nine wins, varying from €0.2 to €26. The money-collecting feature prized us €34.8. The bonus game didn't trigger even once. As a result, upon the first 100 spins, we had €144.
During the 2nd hundred spins, we finally triggered a bonus FS game, which earned us a tremendous amount of €455, thanks to 20 extra Free Spins. Also, we got 14 base game wins, from €0.2 to €12.2. The money symbol collection brought us a total of €13.8. So, after the 200th spin, our balance was €542.1.
The last 100 spins didn't bring us bonus game activation, either. Yet, we had 15 regular prizes. Money collecting allowed us to earn another €12.5. Finally, after 300 spins were out, we had precisely €529.2 on the balance. As such, we gained €329.2 on top of what we had initially.
Here are all the statistics:
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Min Base Game win |
€0.2 |
|---|---|
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Max Base Game win |
€26 |
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The biggest Base Game wins (>x10) |
€26, 12.2 |
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Total number of Base Game wins |
38 (1 in 8 spins) |
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Wins that are lower than the bet |
17 (1 in winning 2.2 spins) |
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The lengthiest non-wins period |
24 spins |
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Money collecting |
6 (1 in 50 spins) |
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Total win due to money collecting |
61.1 |
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Free Spins triggering |
1 in 300 spins |
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Total win due to Free Spins |
€455 |
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Total Base Game losses if bonus features wouldn't trigger |
€112.9 |
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Average Base Game loss per spin |
€0.38 |
So, one more follow-up to the Big Bass series boasts rare wins during the base game and relatively rare triggering of the bonus one. However, the Free Spin round is tremendously generous, thanks to multiple bonus game modifiers, up to extra 70 FS, and multipliers up to x50. All in all, such a jam-packed features bonus game can bring a big one-piece if you get lucky.
Big Bass Xmas Xtreme Verdict
Therefore, if you are crazy about Free Spins and lucrative money-collecting mechanics with instant cash prizes up to x1,000, this game will be the perfect choice for you, capable of bringing a maximum win up to x10,000. The base game here is indeed a little bit dull, but the bonus one is feature-infested and, as a result, highly profitable.
However, there are a couple of notable drawbacks. The first one is changeable RTP, varying from 96.07% to 94.05%. The second is the rare triggering of the bonus FS game. Even official statistics claim a single bonus FS game activation per 148.43 spins. Yet, in practice, Free Spins can be activated even more rarely. For instance, we triggered a bonus game just once per 300 spins. However, if you're a true fan of the super-popular 'Big Bass' series or just dreaming of winning a small fortune via the bonus FS game, this slot is a perfect pick.
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