The festive period is the time to link up with family and friends and enjoy all the good things life offers. It’s also the time to undertake some great adventures and expeditions. Well, one such adventure you can take is to go on a fishing expedition.

Nothing soothes like taking some time out alone or as a group to go fishing. If this is something that you like to do during the festive season, then the Big Bass Xmas Xtreme slot is the perfect proposition for you.   

Released on 18 November 2024, the Big Bass Xmas Extreme slot offers players a thrilling reel-spinning machine whose eye-catching and highly immersive graphics keep players glued to their screens. It’s not just entertainment galore on offer.

Rather, players also stand a chance of reaping great rewards thanks to its high volatility level, high RTP reaching up to 96.07%, and a potential max payout of 10,000x total bet. 

Featuring a 5 x 3 reel grid, all that players must do when looking to initiate the gaming session is to set the reels in motion. There are two ways to do this, as highlighted below. Other considerations to bear in mind before spinning the reels are also highlighted. 

• Bet Option: Depending on one’s preferences, players can choose any desirable wager per spin from a range starting at 0.10 coins to 250.00 coins.

• Spin Option: The reels can be spun manually by clicking the Spin button after every spin or by enabling the auto-play mode to spin them automatically for a set number of times. 

• Turbo Mode: The turbo mode increases the speed with which the reels spin.

The Big Bass Xmas Xtreme game uses the standard slot mechanic, which is reliant on pay lines. The game incorporates 10 pay lines, meaning the objective when spinning the reels is to land at least three identical symbols next to each other on active pay lines. Once the objective is met, payouts are disbursed. 

The size of the payouts disbursed is dependent on two factors. First, the higher the number of symbols involved in a win line, the bigger the payout awarded. Second, the nature of the symbols featured in the win line determines the size of the payouts awarded.  

From the highest paying to the least paying, the featured reel symbols are as follows: 

• Floating red and green icon.
• A penguin-like icon.
• A fishing rod.
• A backpack. 
• Royal poker icons.

• Wild: The fisherman represents the wild icon. It can substitute for all symbols except for scatter and money symbols.

• Money Symbol: Fish icons that land during the gaming session act as money symbols. Money symbols take a random money value whenever they land, ranging from 0.2x to 1000x total bet. Randomly after a base mode spin, there is a chance that the values of the money symbols on the grid are collected and awarded. When that happens, a random multiplier of 1x, 2x, 3x, 4x, 5x, 10x, 20x, 30x, 40, or 50x will be awarded and applied to the total value collected from the money symbols. 

• Free Spins Round: Three or more scatters that land on the reels simultaneously help trigger this feature and award 10 free spins. If 4 or 5 scatters trigger the feature, players start by playing the pick bonus with one or two boot items, respectively. Players ought to note that during the base mode when two scatters land simultaneously, there is a chance for an additional scatter to appear on the reels via a random feature as follows: 
  • Randomly, if the scatters on the screen can move down one position without leaving the reel area, a respin is triggered where the reels with scatters move one position down and the reels without scatters respin.
  • Randomly, a narwhal can appear and change one symbol on the reels into a scatter.

Note that a pick bonus will be played at the start of the round to reveal modifiers that apply to the subsequent free spins round. Players must pick objects until they reveal a boot which ends the bonus and starts the free spins round with the modifiers revealed so far. Possible modifiers are as follows: 

• More Free Spins: Reveal +1, +2, or +3 free spins items to receive 1, 2, or 3 additional free spins for the start of the round. A maximum total of 6 free spins can be received. 

• Guaranteed Fish: Reveal up to three +1 fish items to have 1, 2, or 3 guaranteed money symbols landing on the grid at every free spin for the entire round. 

• Already Collected Fishermen Wilds: Reveal up to three fishermen wild items to start the round with up to three already collected fisherman wilds to contribute to the progression towards retrigger in the subsequent round. 

• Remove Lowest Fish: Reveal REMOVE LOWEST FISH items up to two times. The first time it is revealed, the 2x total bet money symbol value is removed from the possible values in the subsequent round. The second time it is revealed the 5x money symbol value is removed from the possible values in the subsequent round. 

Note that during the free spins round, each wild that lands collects the values from money symbols on the grid. In turn, all wilds that land are collected. Every fourth wild collected retriggers the round awarding 10 free spins.

The multiplier for money symbol collection increases to 2x for the second level, 3x for the third level, 10x for the fourth level, 20x for the fifth level, 30x for the sixth level, 40x for the seventh level, and 50x for the eighth level. Upon reaching the eighth level, the feature cannot be retriggered anymore.

Randomly, when there are wild symbols on the reels but no money symbols, money symbols can appear randomly at the end of a free spin. Randomly, when there are money symbols on the reels but no wilds, a hook will appear at the end of a free spin, pulling a random reel up to bring wild symbols onto the grid.

Randomly, when there are wild symbols on the reels but no money symbols, at the end of a free spin, a waterfall animation can appear and change all the symbols from the grid, except for wild symbols, to something else. Randomly, a hook can appear at the end of a free spin, pulling the reels up to drag wild and money symbols onto the grid.

• Ante Bet: Players at the start of the gaming session can choose between the 10x and 15x bet multiplier. The former will see the game play normally, while the latter increases the chances of naturally triggering the free spins round.

• Buy Free Spins: Players can purchase the free spins round from the main screen by clicking the respective Buy Feature button and paying the stipulated 100x current total bet feature purchase price.  

I found the Big Bass Xmas Xtreme slot to be a great proposition, and as such, I highly recommend it, largely because of its impressive math model. Its high volatility level necessitates this, ensuring win lines churn out top payouts of up to 10,000x total bet. Moreover, the 96.07% RTP is also something to behold.