Big Bass Bonanza – Reel Action Slot Review

Big Bass Bonanza – Reel Action brings familiar mechanics from the original game with the addition of new betting options and features. The game’s bonus features focus mainly on Free Spins, with some exciting additions to the standard mechanics. The best bonus game, in terms of potential winnings, is the Free Spins feature, where you can collect valuable Fish Money symbols and trigger multipliers to boost your payouts. Here are the key bonus features:

Free Spins Feature

Land 3, 4, or 5 Scatter symbols (fish) anywhere on the reels. This will reward you with 10, 15, or 20 free spins, respectively. During the free spins, the Fisherman symbol becomes active as a Wild and a collector for Fish Money symbols. Whenever a Fisherman Wild lands with a Fish symbol, the prize value of the Fish symbol is collected and paid out. The more Fisherman Wilds you land, the more you collect, and every four Fishermen you collect will retrigger 10 more free spins along with increasing multipliers (2x, 3x, and 10x). This is the most lucrative thing about the game.

Ante Bet Feature

Ante Bet increases your stake by 50%, improving your chances of landing Scatter symbols. This gives you a higher chance to trigger the Free Spins round. The Ante Bet does not change the game’s core mechanics in any way.

Feature Buy

If you do not want to wait for the Free Spins to be triggered naturally, Feature Buy is a valuable option. This allows you to buy your way directly into the Free Spins feature for 100x your current stake. This option is great for players looking to skip the base game and jump straight into the action, though it is not available in all markets.

Big Bass Bonanza – Reel Action takes the beloved Big Bass franchise … somewhere. To new heights? Probably not. This 5-reel, 3-row slot offers 10 paylines and comes with a medium-high volatility rating. The game keeps the signature fishing theme and gameplay intact while introducing new features like the Ante Bet and Feature Buy options. The Free Spins round, where Fish Money symbols are collected by the Fisherman Wild, offers up to 2,100x your stake. This is the highlight of the game.

Rating: 5 (Mediocre)

Let me get this straight—they released yet another variable-RTP reskin of a popular game without altering anything at all (except, perhaps, making the tunes better or the background water graphics more crisp). And they did it in 2024.

Sorry, but it is not getting a thumbs up from me. Personal experience? Lots of dead spins, nothing creative or new over the original game, and subpar mechanics make this game a terrible choice. Any casino that has Reel Action will also have a bunch of other Big Bass series games in its catalogue. I will recommend you check the others out.

Whether they ran out of ideas or are just beating a dead horse even in 2024 remains unclear. Mechanically, this game is robust. But when compared to the entire series, it feels like an unnecessary creation.