Big Bass Christmas Bash Slot Review

The Big Bass Christmas Bash Slot Game

Apart from detailing the game’s features and symbol payouts in this slot review, I encourage you to use it alongside the Big Bass Christmas Bash demo from GoodLuckMate!

This time, the developers, Reel Kingdom and Pragmatic Play take us to a snowy atmosphere. The game is set underneath a frozen water mass. Typical of the winter weather during the Christmas period, aye!

If you remove the Christmas carol tunes, you’d think you’re playing any other Big Bass slot. Nonetheless, I was impressed with the sounds and looks of this game, as if I’ve never come across it tons of times before, haha.

As is always the case with games from the Big Bass franchise, the Big Bass Christmas Bash slot is simplistic, and thus ideal for newbies, as well.

Symbols and Payouts

Most of the symbols that are standard to the series have returned in the Big Bass Christmas Bash online slot game. However, some like the Fisherman and the Fish have been tweaked to adorn Christmas colors.

As seen from the paytable, the game comprises nine standard icons, two specials, and one that’s a combination of both.

Wins are based on the selected stake!

The low-priced 10, J, and Q signs award 0.2x to 5x, while the K and A award 0.2x to 10x the total bet for 3+ of the same.

For the record, study the paytable when practising GoodLuckMate’s Big Bass Christmas Bash free demo for the complete payout rules. 

Then, the Toolbox, Dragonfly, Fishing Rod, and Snowplough are high-valued icons. The first three pay 2x to 100x for 3+ of the same, while the Snowplough awards 0.5x to 200x for 2+ of its kind.           

A special cluster of Fish paying (Money) symbols rewards 1x to 20x the bet for 3 or more besides participating in the Money Collect feature.       

The slot’s specials are the Fisherman Wild, which appears during bonus rounds, substituting for all paying symbols and the Fish Scatter, which might activate the bonus spins. Find out how from the following Big Bass Christmas Bash slot review page!

Big Bass Christmas Bash Slot Bonus Features

There’s nothing extraordinary happening in the base mode. However, it’s in the free spins where the excitement is hidden.

Money Symbol

On every spin, the Money icons adopt random 2x to 5000x the total bet values that you can win during the free spins.

Big Bass Christmas Bash Free Spins

The game presents 10, 15, and 20 free rounds for 3 to 5 Scatters, respectively. When 2 scatters land without a 3rd in the main game, the game can randomly award another scatter through:

• The scatter-holding column nudges down a position, while the other reels re-spin. But only if the scatters can move downwards without exiting the reels.
• Or, a hook can pull a column, revealing another scatter.

Before the bonus rounds, up to 5 modifiers can be randomly selected:

• More Fish on the reels during the subsequent round.
• More Fishermen wilds during the ensuing free spins.
• Chances of hitting Dynamites, Bazookas, and Hooks increase.
• Start from the 2nd level.
• +2 more spins start the subsequent round and 2 more spins for every retrigger.

Further during the Big Bass Christmas Bash free play, Wilds collect on-screen Money values, as they are also collected.

Every 4th Wild collected retriggers +10 spins and increases the Money symbol collection multiplier to 2x, 3x, and 10x for the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th levels.

Randomly:

• When Fishermen are on-screen without Fish, Fish Money symbols might appear in random positions through the Dynamite spin feature.
• When there are Fish but no Fishermen, a Hook might appear and bring Fishermen onto the grid.
• With Fishermen on-screen without Fish, a Bazooka animation might transform all active symbols (except the Fishermen) into something else.

Ante Bet

Boost the bet multiplier from 10x to 15x for better odds of naturally triggering the Big Bass Christmas Bash bonus spins. When active, it deactivates the buy bonus feature and vice versa.

Bonus Buy

Avoid waiting for prolonged periods for the free rounds to trigger naturally. Instead, buy them for 100x the current bet from the base game!

How to Win at Big Bass Christmas Bash Slot

The game uses the usual 5x3 transparent reels, with rising bubbles separating the reels. Players have 10 permanent paylines to help in formulating win combinations.

In light of the holy season, bets start from €0.10 and can reach a generous €250 per spin.   

It only takes a few steps to get the Big Bass Christmas Bash slot machine reels up and rolling. After picking an ideal amount, press Spin or hit Spacebar (for desktop players) to play once. Or, you can opt for Autoplay and gamble several spins automatically.

Wins are for 3+ matching symbol combos (or 2+ for the most profitable Snowplough) aligned adjacently from the leftmost side.

However, you can only win up to 5,000x stake, which is still decent.

Quickspin and Turbo mode activate faster spins, while the “i” button unveils the Big Bass Christmas Bash online slot paytable.

Big Bass Christmas Bash Slot RTP & Volatility

The theoreticalBig Bass Christmas Bash RTP is 96.71%. Further, the video slot has high volatility that pays out less often on average.

The Final Thoughts

After reviewing plenty of Big Bass slots before, I’m lost for words to conclude this reskin of a slot. Because what else is there to talk about?

One question that couldn't skip my mind when I was reviewing this game is, when will Pragmatic Play and Reel Kingdom call it quits with this series? Not that I’m tired of taking fishing adventures, but new releases are more of repairs to the themes than the mechanics.

For instance, this particular video slot has nothing new to offer apart from its Christmas theme. Still, it isn’t entirely new, as we’ve come across other seasonal Christmas titles from the series before. I mentioned them at the beginning of this Big Bass Christmas Bash slot review.    

As for the mechanics, they are the same old money collect feature in free spins, ante bet, and bonus buy options. But if you’re not bothered by the non-original aspects, feel free to play and potentially try to win the 5,000 times win cap!