Big Bite Push Ways

Big Bite Push Ways: Slot Overview

We're all aware of how popular fish slots are, and apparently, no one more so than software provider Push Gaming. Fish slot popularity was one of the reasons this current game under review was spawned, along with motivators such as the success of Big Bite and Razor Ways. The resulting potpourri is Big Bite Push Ways, a slot that combines the Push Ways mechanic, Hot Zones, and an expanded gaming area while, at the same time, giving Push Gaming a chance to continue its love affair with Instant Prize symbols.

Changes are a-coming, but not really in the graphics department, since Big Bite Push Ways' appearance largely mirrors the original Big Bite (2024) slot. That means ice, water, lots of cold stuff, and animals acting as if they are human seafarers. Thick rope frames the play area, with 5 jackpots displayed up the top and a ways counter to the left. It's a decent view, nothing astonishingly new to begin with, though, so let's hold judgment till Big Bite Push Ways has had a chance to pop.

Push Gaming has added an extra row and an extra reel to create a 6x4 gaming grid with 4,096 ways to win instead of the original's 10-20 paylines. Volatility has been toned down as well, now rated low by the studio, while RTP has a figure of 96.27% as its highest value. Bets of 10 c to $/€100 may be placed, and by turning on the Push Bet, the chance of winning the bonus increases by 148% at a cost of 1.5x the base bet.

Clubs, diamonds, hearts, and spades greet players at the bottom of the paytable, while above them are a boot, a bottle, a compass, and 3 character symbols. Six-of-a-kind card suit combinations pay 0.4x the bet, while the rest vary in value from 0.8 to 2 times the bet for 6 OAK. Wilds land on the reels as well to replace any regular paying symbol. A cascading wins system removes winning symbols from the reels, dropping them and new symbols from the top to refill the grid.

Big Bite Push Ways: Slot Features

Big Bite Push Ways' features include Fish symbols, Jackpot symbols, Orca collectors, Hot Zones, free spins, and a bonus buy.

Fish and Jackpot Symbols

The Fish symbol is an Instant Prize symbol with a value of 1x to 100x attached that can land on reels 2, 3, 4, and 5. Moreover, jackpot symbols are also Instant Prize symbols that land on the same four middle reels as Fish symbols. Jackpot values are the 10x Mini, the 25x Minor, and 100x Major, the 500x Mega, and the 2,000x Grand.

Orca Symbol

The Orca is a collector symbol that lands only on the leftmost and rightmost reels in any game phase. When an Orca lands alongside Fish symbols or Jackpot symbols it collects their values. If a multiplier is attached to the Orca, the multiplier is applied to any collected value. Possible multipliers in the base game are x1, x2, x4, x5, and x10. If 2 Orca symbols land, they collect both the Fish or Jackpot symbol prizes.

Hot Zones

Hot Zones come fully stacked and may land in any position as long as there is not a Hot Zone already there. Hot Zones nudge down 1 position on each spin. When new or existing symbols appear in a Hot Zone, they are split into 2 symbols, increasing the number of ways to win. Split symbols that fall out of a Hot Zone remain split.

Free Spins

Free spins are triggered when 3 or more scatters land in the base game. Depending on the number of triggering scatters, it is possible to win from 10 free spins with a starting Orca symbol multiplier of x1 up to 15 free spins with a starting Orca multiplier of x10. During free spins, 2 stacks of Hot Zones start on reels 2 and 5. Landed Orca symbols are collected by the Progression meter. When a new level is reached on the meter, +4 extra free spins are granted, and the Orca symbol multiplier increases up to x10. Orca symbols that land in a Hot Zone count twice on the Progression meter.

Feature Buy

Just one option exists at Big Bite Push Ways' feature buy, which is free spins entrance costing 120 times the bet.

Big Bite Push Ways: Slot Verdict

It probably shouldn't by now, but reviewing a low volatile Push Gaming slot still feels a little, not off, but different. Especially when the game's info page name drops a Razor slot as part of its extended family tree. A low volatile fish slot designed to Push Gaming's high standards feels like it's got mainstream success written all over it, and there is a lot here to like, along with several elements which are less thrilling.

For one thing, if having more ways to win is better, then Big Bite Push Ways is a clear improvement. From a default number of 4,096, thanks to the prolific symbol spitting by Hot Zones, this figure can mushroom up to 262,144. That's a tad more than Big Bite's 10-20 paylines. Other aspects have moved in the other direction, however, and might not sit as well with some gamblers. Jackpot symbol values have been decimated, and so, by extension, has the max win, now hitting a reduced ceiling of 4,941x the bet. Hey, it is what it is: a low volatile, relatively low (by its standards) max win slot from Push Gaming.

When setting the expectations to fit within these parameters, Big Bite Push Ways could be a fairly fun game to play. Catching fish-adorned money symbols is a popular slot pastime, and in a similar way to Big Bass Bonanza, it's possible to throw multipliers at the Orca collector symbol - progressively so during free spins. Hot Zones are sort of the icing on the cake, increasing ways as mentioned above, but also doubling symbols when they land in one. Double the caught fish, double the fun? Eh, for some, yeah, maybe so; Big Bite Push Ways could be the low vola, just complex enough fish slot they've been fantasising about. On the other side of the coin, players who were drawn to Push Gaming's monstrous math might feel like they're being ghosted as the studio continues to focus on other segments of the gambling market.