Free slot: Big Bass Bonanza Megaways

How Big Bass Bonanza Megaways Works

The saga of the year is back! It's a new fishing session that offers us this slot that has been the big surprise of the last few months. After Big Bass Bonanza and Bigger Bass Bonanza, it's the turn of the Megaways version. Big Bass Bonanza Megaways is a slot machine developed and published by the online game provider Pragmatic Play, one of the best slot creators in the online gambling world. This online game will be available from November 2021 and it is once again the deep sea that will be explored in this slot. Let's hope that this time the fishing will be fruitful! Big Bass Bonanza Megaways offers an original format, as this starting grid contains 6 columns. Reels 1 and 6 can hold between 2 and 6 symbols, while the middle 4 reels can hold up to 5 symbols. The easiest way to win is to see connections of at least 3 identical symbols on the first 3 reels. As the name suggests, this online game has the Megaways feature, which allows you to significantly increase the number of connections and therefore the winnings.

As with many of this provider's slots, Big Bass Bonanza Megaways has a number of base game features that will make the payouts much more exciting. First of all, a symbol representing a fishing net is present on this slot. This serves as a wild, which means that it can replace all the symbols on the grid except for the scatter. This makes it easier to make connections. The wild symbol only appears on reels 2, 3, 4 and 5. This online game also has a Tumble Feature. Each time you connect, the symbols involved will fade away to make room for new symbols or the symbols just above them. This feature will allow you to make several connections in a row on the same game round.

Big Bass Bonanza Megaways symbols

As usual, there are many symbols present in this slot game, and these are the ones that need to be connected in order to win. The value of these symbols is defined in advance according to their rarity and there are two different categories: classic symbols and premium symbols. Classic symbols have the lowest payout. On the other hand, it is much easier to make connections with them since they appear more often. They are represented by the highest values in a deck of cards, namely the 10, Jack, Queen, King and Ace. See the payout scale for each classic symbol in Big Bass Bonanza Megaways in the graphic below. The values shown are for a starting bet of €1.

As explained above, this slot machine has symbols called premiums. These are more difficult to connect since they appear less regularly but pay much more. They are represented by objects reminiscent of fishing, among which we find :

• Fish of different sizes

• The fishing box

• The hook

• The fishing rod

• The fishing cap

The following image shows the value of all the premium symbols in the Big Bass Bonanza Megaways slot game (€1 bet).

Big Bass Bonanza Megaways different connections

As you can see, in order to win on this slot, you will need to connect between 3 and 6 identical symbols. However, there are no predefined paylines in this online game. This is because Big Bass Bonanza Megaways connections use, as the name suggests, Megaways. This technology allows you to multiply the number of ways since a connection is valid as soon as the same symbol is present on at least the first three reels, the positioning of these symbols within the columns not being important. This technology allows you to get up to 46,656 different ways per spin! On each spin, the number of connections is determined by the number of symbols on each reel and will be shown in the top right corner of the grid. To get a better understanding of what Megaways are, the following image shows an example of a valid connection on the left and an invalid connection on the right.

How the Big Bass Bonanza Megaways bonus works

Big Bass Bonanza Megaways offers players trying their luck on this slot the opportunity to access a bonus feature, in which free spins are awarded. To get these free spins, at least 3 scatters must appear simultaneously, represented by a green fish. The number of free spins awarded varies according to the number of scatters that appear on the screen:

• 3 scatters = 10 free spins

• 4 scatters = 15 free spins

• 5 scatters = 20 free spins

The Megaways technology is always active during the bonus and the connections work in the same way as in the base game. Fans of the first Big Bass games will not be surprised by this bonus, which is similar to the free spins of the first editions. Indeed, a fisherman appears and collects the values present on the fish that appear during the same spin. The symbols represented by the fishes will not be deleted in case of connections and will fall to the bottom of the grid. In addition, the fishes will accumulate on the right side of the grid and as soon as you collect 4 fishes, you will get 10 extra free spins and a x2 multiplier will appear. The latter will act on the winnings generated by the money values collected by the fishermen. If 4 anglers appear again, you will receive another 10 free spins and the multiplier will increase to x3. Finally, if the operation is repeated once more, you will be awarded 10 free spins and the multiplier will increase to x10. Finally, the Dynamite feature can intervene randomly during free spins. For this feature to be triggered, one or two fishermen must appear on the grid, but without any fish to collect. A dynamite may then appear and add valuable fish to the grid.

Our review of Big Bass Bonanza Megaways

This slot machine will undoubtedly be the attraction of this end of the year! Indeed, the online games provider Pragmatic Play has come up with a big hit in the slots world with the highly anticipated Megaways version of Big Bass Bonanza. The graphics, background music and symbols are similar to what we have seen in previous releases, however the game experience is completely different with the presence of the Megaways. Although there are many features in the base game, it is the Big Bass Bonanza Megaways bonus that will be the attraction of this slot. These free spins feature the same characteristics present in Big Bass Bonanza and Bigger Bass Bonanza, with a fisherman who will collect all the money symbols represented by fish. In addition, you have the ability to collect free spins and increase the multiplier by stacking the anglers. Big Bass Bonanza Megaways has a theoretical payout ratio (RTP) that is well above average at around 96.70%. This highly volatile slot allows you to win huge amounts of money as the maximum multiplier in this slot can reach 4,000 times your original bet!