Big Bass 3 Reeler

Big Bass Bonanza 3 Reeler: Slot Overview

You'll never guess it, but yes, developers Pragmatic Play and Reel Kingdom have put their heads together and come up with yet another game to pad out an already severely padded-out online slot series. Maybe the most padded-out slot series of all time. This one is Big Bass Bonanza 3 Reeler, and as the latter part of the title suggests, plays out on a 3-reel gaming grid. However, while the symbol area has shrunk, winning potential has not, and the features available for achieving it, or trying to, haven't changed much either.

Aside from the '3 Reeler' aspect, there's not much new to report on screen. Big Bass Bonanza 3 Reeler dips players back beneath the sea's surface to hang out with the bubbles, and the rocks, and the water. If you're unfamiliar with this view, you must be new around here, as versions of it have appeared and reappeared in various guises since Big Bass Bonanza slapped the online gambling world around the cheeks with a wet fish many moons ago. With the frequency these games return, you'd be forgiven for thinking the range will continue to do so for many moons, as well.

Just as the title claims, Big Bass Bonanza 3 Reeler is a 3-reel slot, landing 3 rows of symbols on each of its reels and equipped with 5 paylines to land winning combinations along. It has been classed as highly volatile, though the 4 out of 5 rating means it's not as volatile as they come, while the other important part of the math model is a 96.5% RTP at best. Base bets of 10 c to $/€250 are selectable, as is the ante bet, which increases the chances of winning free spins when activating, adding 50% to the bet.

The symbols have stayed as they were; just now, they can only make winning combinations of 3 OAK in size. We find 10, J, Q, K, A, fish symbols, boxes, dragonflies, reels, and floats, paying 0.5x to 100x the bet when 3 OAKs hit. The fish pay symbols are also Money symbols. They have money values of 2x to 5,000x the bet. In the base game, at random, a pay symbol may appear fully stacked, covering the leftmost and middle reels with instances of the same symbol. Wilds help connect winning lines by replacing any pay symbol; however, wilds only appear in free spins, not in the base game.

Big Bass Bonanza 3 Reeler: Slot Features

Hitting 3 scatter symbols in the main game awards 10 free spins, plus 2 for each scatter on the top row and plus 1 for each scatter on the middle row on the triggering spin. In the base game, a hook may randomly appear, dragging in 1, 2, or 3 scatter symbols to trigger free spins.

During free spins, the wild fisherman symbol may appear. Each wild that lands collects the values from all money symbols on the reels. Wild symbols are also collected. Every fourth wild collected retriggers +10 free spins, and the multiplier for Money symbol collection increases to x2 for the first retrigger, x3 for the second, and x10 for the third. After the third retrigger, the feature cannot be retriggered any more. Random modifiers may also occur:

• Dynamite - when there are wild symbols but not fish, at the end of a free spin, fish symbols may appear in random positions.
• Hook - when there are fish symbols but no wilds, at the end of a free spin, a hook may appear, pulling a wild into view.
• Bazooka - when there are wild symbols but no fish, at the end of a free spin, a bazooka may appear to change all the symbols except wilds into something else.

Bonus Buy

For 100 times their bet, players may buy the free spins bonus round. For 300x the bet, players can get super free spins where only 3 wild symbols need to be collected to retrigger the feature and the multiplier after the third retrigger is x20.

Big Bass Bonanza 3 Reeler: Slot Verdict

This is just getting silly. Well, the Big Bass release train actually got a bit silly a while ago. Now, it's getting really silly. What's next, Big Bass Bonanza We Changed One Pixel? There seems to be no limit to where Prag and Reel Kingdom might take the range next. Think about it. No limit means no end, theoretically. Until the studios have literally consumed every single idea in the universe, the Big Bass range can continue on till then, which sounds like a really, really long time. Of course, this is exasperated hyperbole, but such is the effect these endless releases are having, a constant drip-drip to the cranium, water torture-style.

As always, a new BB slot should be a wee treat for fans to devour, a bitter pill for the rest. Yes, the gaming grid has been chopped down to 3 reels, but apart from that, Big Bass Bonanza 3 Reeler is pretty much business as usual, though the 5,000x win cap is decent for a BB slot. The game's designers haven't injected much that's new when talking about features. About the most original aspect is the super free spins buy option, reducing the number of collected wilds needed for a retrigger and the x20 end of the path multi, as sort of seen before in Big Bass Floats My Boat and Big Bass Vegas Double Down Deluxe. Sort of seen before is a common reaction when reviewing the latest Big Bass slot. Big Bass Bonanza 3 Reeler is guilty of triggering this response, growing the list of Big Bass slots, though not in any hugely thrilling way. However, to be fair, the series remains highly popular, and as long as players keep coming back, expect to see many more follow-ups.