Bass Cash Monstrosity

Bass Cash Monstrosity: Slot Overview

Depending on personal viewpoint, the fishing slot sector of the market might be considered to be a bloated monstrosity, spewing an endless line of releases into the void as developers race to cash in on the Big Bass Bonanza, and beyond, craze. Instead of denying the genre's mutated corpulence, software provider Alchemy Gaming has embraced it by designing Bass Cash Monstrosity, a continuation of the studio's Bass Cash series, which stars a growing, mutating Nemo-ish to Jaws-type character, and twists to go with the more recognisable gaming elements.

Players who suffer from thalassophobia might suffer pangs of discomfort should they decide to plunge into Bass Cash Monstrosity's depths. The action is set in a murky, green, watery, wreck-lined spot that is quite atmospheric. Humans have yet to map around three-quarters of the seabed, so who knows what lies in wait down there? Ancient alien artifacts, bizarre aquatic species, Cthulhu, who knows? At the start of the session, the so-called monster fish is a big-eyed, innocuous-looking chap, but given time and the consumption of unwon cash and jackpot prize symbols, it soon grows into an engorged, pointy-toothed monstrosity, hence the title. The bigger the monster fish gets, the bigger his winnable stash of cash is getting, too.

Bass Cash Monstrosity uses a 5×4 grid with 1,024 ways to win, framed by a fishing theme with chains dividing the reels. Volatility is on the high side, and while the best RTP is set at 96% (lower-return version also exists). Stakes range from $/€0.20 up to $/€20 per spin, keeping it accessible for small bets as well as higher-value play.

The pay symbols are made up of 10 to A royals, awarding 0.8x to 1.2x for 5 OAK, while landing 5 matching high pay reels, hooks, boxes, or Winston the dogs is worth 1.8x to 4x the stake. Wilds hit on all reels except the leftmost reel to substitute for all regular pay symbols.

Bass Cash Monstrosity: Slot Features

Players can look forward to cash collecting, cash multipliers, a Monster Stash, Winston's Wild Catch, scatter upgrades, free spins, a Bonus Recharge, a Bass Cash Bonus, and feature buys.

Features

• Cash Collect - Fisherman collect symbols appear on the leftmost and rightmost reels. Cash and jackpot prizes are collected when a Fisherman symbol is also in view. When two Fisherman symbols land, the cash and jackpot prizes are collected twice. Cash prizes are worth 0.2x to 10x, while the jackpot prizes are the 15x Mini, 50x Minor, 250x Major, and the 5,000x Mega. This feature is available in the base and bonus games.
• Cash Multipliers - Cash multipliers can land on the leftmost reel in the base and bonus game. Multipliers are applied to cash prizes.
• Monster Stash - In the base game, the monster fish next to the reels randomly stashes non-collected cash and jackpot prizes up to a total value of 10,000x. Players have a chance of catching the monster fish at any time to collect his stashed pile of cash. If the monster fish is caught, players win the stashed amount, and the stash resets to 5x. If the monster fish gets away, the stashed amount is lost, and the value resets to 5x.
• Winston's Wild Catch - On any spin, Winston the dog may dive to reveal cash prizes or cash prizes with a random cash multiplier.
• Bass Cash Bonus - A landed bonus symbol is collected in an empty slot above the grid. When all 5 reel spaces are filled, the Bass Cash Bonus begins. An expanded Fisherman appears on the leftmost reel, while reels 2-5 spin in cash prizes and trophy symbols. Cash prizes are collected. Trophies are collected above the grid. Bonus spins continue until any 3 of a kind trophies have been collected, and the corresponding jackpot prize is awarded.
• Scatter Symbol Upgrades - After free spins have been triggered for the first time, 50 base game spins upgrade green scatters to bronze. This free spins trigger, 50 spin process repeats for bronze to silver scatters, and silver scatters to gold scatters. Though gold scatters may land before all scatters are turned gold.

Free Spins

Hitting 3, 4, or 5 scatter triggers 10 free spins. Bronze, silver, or gold scatters triggering the feature adds 1, 2, or 3 pre-collected Fisherman symbols to the trail, respectively. In addition, the Upsizer lets players start the round with 3 Fisherman pre-collected for a fixed cost. During the round, the trail collects landed Fisherman symbols. An x2, x3, and x10 cash multiplier, as well as +10 free spins, is awarded when 4, 8, or 12 Fisherman symbols are collected.

During free spins, the monster fish stashes all non-collected cash and jackpot prizes. At the end of the round, players always get the chance to catch and win the monster fish's stashed cash. If the monster fish gets away, he keeps the stashed cash with him as he returns to the main game. If players do not catch the monster fish, they can buy another chance to win it via the Bonus Recharge. Two different odds options are presented at calculated costs.

Feature Buy

Depending on what scatters have been unlocked, players can buy regular, bronze, silver, or gold scatter-triggered free spins for 100x, 120x, 150x, or 200x the bet, respectively.

Bass Cash Monstrosity: Slot Verdict

That actually went better than expected. At first glance, the jackpots and the Big Bass style wild collection meter didn't raise much hope of an exciting time. But, whilst Bass Cash Monstrosity does borrow or recycle a few mechanical ideas, most of them really, it's got some good ones of its own. Maybe not so good that it's going to start the next fish slot fad, but there are things here even the most weathered fish slot gambler might not have seen before, and better yet, might appreciate.

The freshness may depend in part on how closely you've been following Alchemy Gaming's Bass Cash range, since a lot of Bass Cash Monstrosity is basically Bass Cash Deluxe. In atmosphere, Bass Cash Monstrosity diverges from its siblings, though, and it is a darker, murkier-looking game. In a good way, that is, as the heavier vibe matches the monster fish and stash innovation, which provides extra incentive to stick around and see what might happen. More so, if the stashed cash has racked up a sizable amount. Watching the fish mutate and grow adds a fun element to the feature, too. Winning the stash might not end up being a walk in the park, though, and abusing the Bonus Recharge was tempting, though additional attempts are capped at three. And who knows? Players might get lucky and haul in the dough.

Despite pulling in a lot of its gameplay from elsewhere, Bass Cash Monstrosity does enough to feel somewhat fresh, which is no mean feat when it comes to fish slots. With the proven mechanics, gloomier than usual environment, feisty monster fish, stashed cash prize pot, and the chance to haul in wins of up to 10,000x the bet, Bass Cash Monstrosity is one for fish fans to attempt catching.