Big Bass Splash Halloween 1000

Big Bass Halloween Splash 1000: Slot Overview 

You know an online slot series has achieved quite a feat when it can count no less than four Halloween options amongst its lineup. It should surprise no one to learn that it is Pragmatic Play and partner Reel Kingdom's unstoppable Big Bass series which has hit this illustrious milestone. They've done so with Big Bass Halloween Splash 1000, a celebration of the spooky season, that uses Big Bass Splash 1000 as the foundation to launch from. Some of the alterations include different things to look at and an easing of the volatility, yet the gameplay remains very recognisable as it goes about supplying another round of Money symbol collecting, with a few rule adjustments to be aware of.

As mentioned, a few changes have occurred between Big Bass Splash 1000 and Big Bass Halloween Splash 1000, and the skin is one of them. Reel Kingdom has embraced Halloween, again, and has dressed its fisherman character up as Count Dracula. However, he's a friendly-looking Count, rather than a vicious bloodsucker who has preyed on innocent victims for centuries. Other smatterings of the season appear throughout the game as well, from bats to pumpkins to fish dressed up in costumes for trick-or-treating. It's all very Halloween-y, fair enough, and in keeping with the spirit of dressing up, Big Bass Halloween Splash 1000 has basically thrown a costume over Big Bass Splash 1000, since much of what lies beneath is the same as before.

Big Bass Halloween  Splash 1000 is played on a 5x3 gaming grid using 10 paylines to land wins along. The RTP is a teeny bit lower at 96.50%, and the volatility has been set to medium, compared to the high volatility of the previous game. Players have access to base stakes of $/€0.10 to $/€250, an ante bet, and two feature buys.

The pay symbols have been switched up, though not so much the low pays, which remain 10-A royals, yet the high pays are made up of scary fish, coffins, rods, bats, and monster trucks. A winning line of 5 matching royals pays 5x to 10x the bet, while the premium symbols are worth 20x to 200x for a 5 OAK. Wilds substitute regular paying symbols, but they only appear in the bonus round, not the base game.

Big Bass Halloween Splash 1000: Slot Features

Not a lot happens until 3, 4, or 5 scatters land to award 10, 15, or 20 free spins, respectively. When 2 scatters hit, they are collected in the cauldron, which may trigger free spins.  In the main game, if 2 scatters land, there is a chance a respin feature brings the third scatter onto the screen to trigger the feature. Also, one more scatter may appear at random after the initial spin result. Before free spins start, players pick a pumpkin from 6 pumpkins to reveal upgrades for free spins, or no reward. 

• More Fisherman - More wild symbols are present on the reel strips. 
• Start From Level 2 - The round starts at level 2 in the progression feature.
• More Fish - More fish symbols are present on the reel strips.
• More Treats - The chance of getting trick or treat, spider, or bazooka feature increases.
• +2 Spins - The round starts with 2 more free spins from the start, and 2 more spins are added to every retrigger.

During regular free spins, each landed Fisherman Wild symbol collects the values from Money symbols in view. Money symbols are worth 2x to 1,000x the bet. Wilds are also collected. Every 4th wild symbol collected retriggers the feature, awarding 10 more free spins and an increased multiplier for Money symbol collection to x2 for the second level, x3 for the third level, and x10 for the fourth level. After the fourth level, the feature cannot be retriggered anymore. Retriggered spins begin when the current batch ends. The multiplier applies to the retriggered spins.

Pumpkin symbols can land on the rightmost reel during free spins. Whenever it hits, 6 pumpkins are presented to reveal 1 of the upgrades for the round, or no reward. If an upgrade is revealed, it starts on the next spin. Revealing an upgrade guarantees at least 5 free spins are played after the reveal at the current level. Additionally, these features may activate: 

• Trick or Treat - At random, when there are Fisherman symbols on screen but no fish, at the end of a free spin, fish Money symbols may appear on the reels by a trick or treat feature.
• Spider - When there are fish symbols but no Fisherman, at the end of a free spin, spiders may appear to bring wild Fisherman symbols onto the screen. 
• Bazooka - When there are Fisherman symbols in view but no fish, at the end of a free spin, all symbols other than Fisherman symbols may be changed into something else. 

Ante Bet & Feature Buys 

Should players activate the ante bet, the stake is increased by 50% to have a higher chance of triggering free spins. More scatters are on the reels. Free spins can even be bought for 100x, or super free spins for 450x, where the chance of Money symbols worth 1,000x is higher.

Big Bass Halloween Splash 1000: Slot Verdict 

It's not exactly the same, but it is also hard to escape the feeling that if you've played Big Bass Splash 1000, you've already played this one, as well. Yes, yes, the skin is totally different, yet beneath the Halloween costume resides mostly the same gameplay as before. Reuse is nothing new in the Big Bass range, which has proven to be completely happy with reskinning, cloning, and recycling ideas to keep feeding the insatiable beast it has become. Count Dracula as the fisherman gets things into the Halloween spirit, and plenty of pumpkins, bats, spooky fish, coffins, and other touches help establish the theme. However, once the decorations are stripped away, the underlying experience is remarkably familiar, and not trying to spoil the party here, but four Halloween slots, really? 

As expected, peel away the outer layer, and the underlying gaming is par-for-the-course stuff. The multiplier trail, which helped make the original Big Bass famous, does its thing here; chunky fish values may be dredged up, winning potential is big, at 20,000x the bet, and the upgrades themself add spice to the regular Big Bass bonus round. What's nice this time is that pumpkin symbols can land in the free spins round to possibly award extra upgrades mid-bonus. Big Bass Halloween Splash 1000 functions as well as anyone could hope for, but prospective players may benefit from setting their frame of mind to predictability rather than revolution. That isn't necessarily a negative for diehard fans who get to enjoy the infamous fish collection mechanic and want a spooky blood-sucking version to play during Halloween. However, others may struggle to find compelling reasons to choose a Big Bass slot that comes across as more of an inevitable adjustment than an exciting new chapter in the franchise.