Golden Fish Tank Party

Golden Fish Tank Party: Slot Overview

Hey players, keen to get it on the 'splashiest, flashiest underwater celebration of the year'? If so, then goggle up and come join us as we doggie paddle through Yggdrasil Gaming's underwater slot Golden Fish Tank Party. This one is quite different to the two previous games, Golden Fish Tank and Golden Fish Tank 2 Gigablox. Now, it's not about triggering free spins with feature picks, but rather, the emphasis has shifted to Cash and Collect special symbols, Wild Party Free Spin, and Cash Party Free Spins.

Quite a change, in other words, but on the optics front, Golden Fish Tank Party looks every bit as charming as its predecessors. The game holds onto its Finding Nemo, goofy yet loveable characters and carton vibe like before, as it deposits players beneath the sea's surface into a gloomy underwater world. Symbols float in the water on a transparent gaming area before weeds, bubbles and so on. Gentle tunes add to the aquatic soothe, making Golden Fish Tank Party a chilled and charming place to hang.

To win coins, one way of doing so is by hitting identical symbols on consecutive reels, starting from the leftmost side of the grid. With 6 reels, and 4 rows, the game has 4,096 ways to win. It also has a highly volatile math mode and two RTP configurations, maxing at 94%, which is noticeably less than the other Golden Fish Tank slots (which were released under a different regulatory climate so to speak). Click the coins icon to select a stake of 20 to $/€100 per spin, while clicking the Golden Bet button adds 50% to the bet to increase the chance of triggering free spins.

Six colourful shells are Golden Fish Tank Party's lower value symbols, paying players 0.25 to 0.5 times their bet for 6 OAK. Offering greater values, the 5 fish pay symbols award 0.75 to 6 times the bet for a 6-of-a-kind winning way. Wild symbols do appear in the game, but only during Wild Party Free Spins, where they are able to count for any regular pay symbol.

Golden Fish Tank Party: Slot Features

Golden Fish Tank Party chucks out the old set of rules to come up with Cash and Collect symbols, a Multiplier collection, Cash Party Free Spins, Wild Party Free Spins, and bonus buys.

Cash and Collect Symbols

Cash symbols may land on any reel, while Cash Collect symbols appear on the leftmost and rightmost reels only. Possible Cash symbol values are 0.5x to 20x the bet. When a Collect symbol lands at the same time as Cash symbols, the Cash symbol values are awarded. If a Cash Collect symbol lands on the leftmost and on the rightmost reel at the same time, the Cash values are won twice.

Multiplier Collection

In the base game, if only Cash symbols land without any Collect symbols, each Cash symbol adds +1 point to the Multiplier Collection bar. Once the bar reaches 20 points, the Multiplier increases by +1, then the bar resets. If the bar is filled and there are extra Cash symbols, these Cash symbols are added to the new bar. This process repeats until the Multiplier is applied during a free spins round or to the first Cash/Collect symbol combination. The Multiplier returns to x1 after the first Cash/Collect combination or the free spins round. There is no maximum value, and Multiplier progress is saved per bet.

Free Spins

Landing at least 3 free spins scatter symbols triggers the bonus round, and one of the 2 bonus modes is randomly chosen - Cash Party Free Spins or Wild Party Free Spins.

Cash Party Free Spins

In this bonus round, only Cash and Collector symbols are present on the reels. At least one Cash symbol and one Collector symbol are guaranteed to land on each spin. The Multiplier gathered in the base game applies to all wins. Triggering the feature with 3, 4, 5, or 6 scatters grants 4, 6, 8, or 12 free spins, respectively. Cash Party Free Spins cannot be retriggered.

Wild Party Free Spins

In Wild Party Free Spins, wild symbols are added to all reels except the leftmost reel. The Multiplier gathered in the base game multiplies all wins that go through wilds. Hitting 3, 4, 5, or 6 scatters in the base game triggers 10, 15, 20, or 30 Wild Party Free Spins, respectively. This feature can be retriggered by landing 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6 scatters to win an extra 5, 10, 15, 20, or 30 free spins, respectively.

Feature Buy

For 72x the bet, players can buy the free spins session. You can choose which of the bonus rounds to trigger and each session grants a random Multiplier. The Multiplier built through the Multiplier Collection does not apply or reset.

Golden Fish Tank Party: Slot Verdict

Quite different from the other two slots, huh? It's not only different but a little disappointing as well in some ways. There is a decent enough game here for players in a fishy frame of mind but are dry-heaving at the thought of a Big Bass-style slot. As mentioned, Golden Fish Tank Par is as charming as ever, but the familiar looks might be a little deceiving for fans, who are going to discover a completely different set of features down there on the sea bed. If you're in the mood to try out a brand new way of experiencing feature pick free spins, that ain't going to happen.

But, they say change is as good as a holiday, and change Golden Fish Tank Party certainly has. Golden Fish Tank 2's Treasure Chests are out, so as well as hitting regular wins, the base game keeps interest levels buoyant through the Cash and Collect symbol feature. Nothing complicated about it. Hit Cash symbols, hit Collect symbols, grab the loot. Just as important, if not more so, is landing only Cash symbols to increase the Multiplier. The Multiplier adds a much-needed extra kick to both bonus rounds, which were a little plain, a little dry during testing. It is possible to win up to 6,000x the bet, and the simple features might intrigue uncomplicated players, but neither bonus feature was especially exciting.

Furthermore, when including the RTP drop compared to the last two Golden Fish Tank slots in the assessment, Golden Fish Tank Party loses an extra dash of appeal. In the end, Golden Fish Tank Party manages to dart the series off in a new direction, exploring new things, but it doesn't feel like much of an improvement on the past.