Big Bass Christmas Bash

Big Bass Bonanza is among the classic titles to have come out of the Pragmatic Play stable. The game provider may be known for the Gates of Olympus series, but Big Bass Bonanza has also become a favorite with slot fans. Slots that hit this massive popularity often get reboots and special releases. That is exactly what you get with Big Bass Christmas Bash.

It is a reskin of Big Bass Splash, released in 2022. The festive makeover is meant to give fans of the game another go at one of the favorite titles to come out of the series. This time, it is snowier, and Christmas gifts and other items litter the reels. With Christmas fast approaching, Pragmatic Play offers a reskin to go with the season.

Wintery Festivities With Big Bass

With Christmas Bash, Big Bass offers a slot with the same captivating action and many amazing features. The slot spots the original 5X3 grid, where bubbles separate the 5 reels. Big Bass Christmas Bash has 10 paylines like the original game, with a maximum win of 5,000 times your bet.

The RTP is set at 94.60% during the base game but can go up to 96.71% during the bonus games. The game is quite rewarding with a hit frequency that is likely to reward you with the free spins round every 1 in 63 spins. The favorable hit rate is coupled with high volatility, making the game even more exciting.

Big Bass Christmas Bash Slot Gameplay

Gameplay and Mechanic

Pragmatic Play is always churning out amazing slots, and one of the things that make them so captivating is that they come with simple gameplay. With Big Bass Christmas Bash, Pragmatic Play keeps the traditional game layout we are used to from the game provider. A large spin button is placed at the bottom right of the game screen, which spins the reels once.

Press the autoplay button right below it to keep the reels spinning 1,000 times. You can click on advanced settings to decide when to stop the auto-spins according to your win and bankroll. Click on the plus and minus signs on either side of the spin button, and the bet selector pops up with the number of lines and coins per line you are playing. The right side of the control panel holds all the information you need about the slot.

Click on the hamburger menu for settings like the quick spin, battery saver, ambient music, sound FX, and intro screen. You can toggle any of these on and off and still change your bet from this menu. This page also shows game history, which, for savvy players, indicates whether the game is ‘hot’ or not. The ‘I’ button gives you all the information you need to know about the paytable, bonus games, and paylines.

System Settings 

Symbols and Payouts

True to the festive season in every sense, the game has symbols to represent the season. Among these, Santa is the highest paying of the regular symbols, with a payout of 200 times your bet for a match of 5 on the reels. After this is the fishing rod that gives a payout of 100 times your bet for 5 matching symbols.

Next up is the dragonfly, which awards you a payout of 50 times your bet for a match of 5. Get Santa’s suitcase of treats on the reels, and you have a payout of 50 times your bet for a match of 5. After this comes the fish symbol, which pays out 20 times your bet for 5 matching symbols.

The low-paying symbols are face cards, as you might have guessed. Get the ace or king on the reels for a payout of 10 times your bet for 5 matching symbols. The queen, jack, and 10 all pay 5 times your bet for 5 matching symbols.

Big Bass Christmas Bash Symbol Payouts – Pragmatic Play Slot

Bonus Features and Special Symbols

If the payouts on the symbols have you amazed, then you should get to the bonus games where the winnings are even bigger and hit more frequently. There are 3 special symbols that affect the game in different ways.

Wild

The jolly fisherman is the game’s wild symbol. It appears during the free spins round and will land on any of the reels to replace all other symbols except the scatter.

Scatter

A big Bass jumping out of the water with a crown on it, and the word written under it is the scatter. It hits on all reels and triggers the free spins round.

Money Symbol

The fish symbol is also the money symbol. Look out for the random money value the fish take at every spin during the free spins round. The possible values range between 2x and 5,000x your bet.

Big Bass Christmas Bash Money Symbol Info

Free Spins

Land 3 or more scatters on the reels, and you trigger the free spins round. With 3 scatters, players get 10 free spins, while 4 scatters get you 15 free spins. Hit 5 scatters anywhere on the reels, and you get 20 free spins, the maximum number of spins in the game.

You can trigger free spins on the base game when you land 2 scatters, as there is a high chance of the third scatter landing if one can move down a single position without leaving the reel area.

Before the free spins round starts, there are 0-5 modifiers that the game selects at random:

• More Fish: You land more fish symbols during the free spins round.
• More Fisherman: You have more fisherman symbols on the reels during the free spins
  round.
• More Dynamites, Hooks, and Bazookas: Players are more likely to land one of these free spins features during the free spins round.
• Start From Level 2: The game starts at level two of the progressive feature.
• +2 Spins: The next round starts with 2 more free spins. Every retrigger also comes with 2 extra spins.

Wild symbols collect all money symbols during the free spins feature. All the wilds that hit during this round are collected at the end, and every 4 wild retriggers free spins with 10 more spins awarded. Money symbols collected increase to 2x as they go to the second level, 3x on the third level, and 10x on the fourth level.

This round also has a bazooka animation on the screen when you land the fisherman with no fish. It then changes all the symbols to one. Players should also look out for special reels present during free spins.

Big Bass Christmas Bash Free Spins Bonus Round

Ante Bet

The Ante Bet feature lets you choose one of 2 features. Bet Multiplier 15x is the first of these and gives you more scatters and a higher chance at the free spins round, but with the bonus buy feature disabled. Bet multiplier 10x is the second option and allows normal gameplay.

Buy Free Spins

You can trigger the free spins round immediately after you start playing when you buy it for 100x your bet. Anything from 3 to 5 scatters can hit.

Design and Graphics

Big Bass Christmas Bash delivers the signature sleek graphics we have come to love from Pragmatic Play. The slot’s subtle animations for the seaweed make it even more believable. The typography style on the slot is also interesting and stays in line with the theme. You will like that the soundtrack is not too repetitive and has a Christmas jingle to it.

Big Bass Christmas Bash Slot Landing Design

Conclusion

Big Bass Christmas Bash is another release from the Big Bass line of games that ticks all the boxes. There are many features to be excited about, and the payouts on the symbols are also impressive. Pragmatic Play delivers high-quality graphics and a responsive control panel that is never in the way as you enjoy spinning the reels.

Play the demo version, and you are instantly hooked. There is very little the game does not get right, and the face card symbols are the only downside here. That the game is a Pragmatic Play title means that you can find it on all your top casinos.

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