Big Bass Halloween 2

Theme and Design

Big Bass Halloween 2 gives the classic fishing slot a blood-soaked makeover but the reels and setting remain pretty much the same. In some bass lake in the states night has fallen and our friendly fisherman has gone psycho. He wields a chainsaw whilst some of the fish seem to have zombi-fied too. Despite its gory theme Halloween 2 is not really a scary slot in the way NLC games are. It’s more humourous. Overall it’s not a bad looking game and a slightly menacing soundtrack adds good atmosphere.

RTP and Variance

Big Bass Halloween 2 has 3 RTP rates - 96.71%, 95.67% and 94.6%. This is normal for Pragmatic Play slots and it will be up to your slot site operator to decide which setting to run the game on. There is not much between the 3 but I would recommend playing at 96.71% if you can. You can check the RTP wherever you play by hitting the ‘I’ button under the reels then scrolling through the game rules until you see Return to Player.

Our recommendation is to play at MrQ from Lindar Media because in our research we have found they consistently run slots at optimum RTP.

No surprise to learn that this is a high variance slot like almost ALL the Big Bass games. They can blow hot and cold and sometimes the win rate is very low. So beware. Of course, on the flipside they can kick out some tasty wins too.

Maximum Win

Pragmatic Play have not been generous with the max win here. It sits at 5,000x, making it at the lower end of the Big Bass slots. There are just a few of these games with high max wins including Big Bass Day At The Races (10,000x) and Big Bass Bonanza Keeping It Reel (10,000x).

And for even bigger payouts I also recommend reading our guide to Pragmatic Play slots with highest max wins.

Symbols and Paytable

No surprises with the configuration of the game. You get 5 reels, 3 rows and 10 paylines, with wins triggered by landing 3 or more identical symbols from left to right on a payline, starting at the left most reel.

The paytable is familiar with a few horror-movie extras thrown in for good measure. Low value symbols are the cards, 10 to Ace, valued at from 0.2x for 3 10s up to 10x for 5 Aces. The premiums are the bass fish (now zombies of course), the tackle box, weird alien, chainsaw and truck. These go from 1x for 3 bass up to 200x for 5 trucks.

Wilds – your mad-eyed pyscho fisherman – fill in for pay symbols to complete win lines AND collect cash in the bonus round.

Features and Gameplay

Again, no surprises with the gameplay here. Nothing much doing in the base game other than payline wins whilst you wait for those scatters to drop. Then the fun begins.

3 Or More Bass Scatters Unlock Free Spins

You need 3 or more bass scatters to trigger the bonus round. That gets you 10, 15 or 20 free spins for 3, 4 or 5 scatters.

There is a ‘near miss’ feature as well that we see in other Big Bass slots. So, if you land TWO scatters but not the third then:

IF the two scatters can drop down one reel without falling off the screen, then they nudge down one and the reels respin to see if you can land a third.

OR … a hook appears and drops down before pulling one reel up to show a third scatter.

Up To 5 Free Spins Round Modifiers

This part of Big Bass Halloween 2 is taken directly from Big Bass Splash and it certainly spices things up. FIVE modifiers are available for the free spins round. From 1 to 5 will be chosen at random before the spins start.

• More Fish – more fish money symbols are available to be caught
• More Fishermen – more wilds are available to catch those fish money symbols
• More Dynamite, Hooks and Chainsaws – more chance of triggering either of these 3 features
• Start From Level 2 – you go straight to the second level on the progressive board above the reels with a bigger multiplier
• + 2 Spins – this powerful modifier starts the round with 2 more spins AND adds 2 more to every level on the progressive board

Fish Money Symbols and Wilds

The idea is simple. Fish landing during free spins display money values of 2x, 5x, 10x, 15x, 20x, 25x, 50x, 100x, 200x, 500x, 1,666x, 2,500x or 5,000x.

You need to land fish money symbols AND fisherman wilds at the same time to collect the money values.

Progressive Board and Multipliers

The best part about the bonus round is the chance to build a big win multiplier and extend the round. You do this by collecting wilds. Each time one lands it is added to the board above the reels and every FOURTH one collected triggers a level-up.

• 4 Wilds – 10 more spins and 2x multiplier
• 8 Wilds – 10 more spins and 3x multiplier
• 12 Wilds – 10 more spins and 10x multiplier

Second Chances …

As with other Big Bass games, there are second chances when fish symbols land but no wild, or the other way around.

Firstly, if fisherman wilds are present but no fish, a dynamite feature causes an explosion which MAY bring fish onto the reels OR a chainsaw will move across the screen causing all symbols except wilds to change, MAYBE bringing fish symbols into play.

Alternatively, if there are fish but no wilds then a hook may appear and bring fisherman wilds up onto the reels.

And that’s your lot. As I said, anyone who has played Big Bass Splash will recognise this as pretty much a clone of that slot.