4 Fantastic Fish Gold Dream Drop

Four Fantastic Fish Gold Dream Drop: Slot Overview

Marching alongside mega fish franchises like Fishin' Frenzy or Big Bass Bonanza is software provider 4ThePlayer's 4 Fantastic range. While it features Fish money symbols, 4 Fantastic Fish differs from its competitors by not using a fisherman symbol to collect them, opting for a completely different method entirely, thereby giving piscine-minded gamblers a distinctively different option. So far the 4 Fantastic range has also gone to Egypt, done a Gigabblox version, as well as branched off into lobsters. Now, it sees one of its biggest revisions to date, as the series joins Relax Gaming's monster progressive jackpot network in 4 Fantastic Fish Gold Dream Drop.

As is often the case with a Dream Drop makeover/revamp, a lot about the original experience has been brought over, and at a cursory glance, it might be hard to tell the difference. However, are differences there, and one can be spotted right away, as 4ThePlayer has removed the four jackpot fish values from the screen and replaced them with a rotating jackpot-laden Fortune Wheel, displaying the Dream Drop prize names. For players chasing 'the big one', swapping a 10,000x top prize symbol for a system that is capable of reaching into the millions of Euros can surely only be a greater temptation.

Statistically, RTP has taken a knock, which is normal for a jackpot game like this, the return value now coming in at 94%. Stake selection makes an impact on the game too, since the higher the bet, the bigger the chance of triggering a jackpot win. The available stake levels are 20 c to $/€100, and the volatility has remained high.

4 Fantastic Fish Gold Dream Drop remains a very bright and visually busy game, played on a 6-reel gaming grid, with 4 rows of symbols and 4,096 ways to win. Card royals 10 to A with hooks in them are the lower value pay symbols, while the high pays are a tackle box, a reel, a crab, a seagull, and a fisherman. Hitting 6 OAK winning way pays 1.5x to 2.5x the bet for the lows or 3x to 10x for the highs. The boat wild symbol is able to substitute for all symbols except for scatters.

4 Fantastic Fish Gold Dream Drop: Slot Features

4 Fantastic Fish Gold Dream Drop's features are, for the most part, pretty close to 4 Fantastic Fish - Fish for Cash Prize, respins, sharks, and Giant Squids, but the big Fish symbol prizes have been gutted and replaced by the Dream Drop jackpot.

Fish For Cash Prizes

Fish symbols can land on any reel, and they award their cash prizes if they form a way win. The reel a Fish symbol lands on determines the limits of its prize value offer increasing cash prizes, starting from up to 1.8x on reel 1 to 10x-50x on reel 6.

Giant Squid Bonus

On any spin, the Giant Squid might appear and rearrange Fish symbols. In the main game, symbols may be swapped to improve a Fish win. In the Respin Bonus, the Squid might move a Fish symbol from a closed reel to an open reel to lock it in place.

Respin Bonus

Landing 3 or more Respin scatters triggers the Respin Bonus game. Scatters land on all reels. Each reel holding a triggering scatter is opened while all others are closed. Any Fish symbols on the triggering spin are locked to the reels if they're on an open reel. When the reels spin, any new Fish symbol is locked in place if it is on an unlocked reel. If a Respin scatter lands on a closed reel, that reel is opened for subsequent respins. The Respin scatter cannot land on already open reels. The round starts with 3 respins. If a new Fish is locked in place or a Respin scatter opens up a closed reel, the number of respins is reset to 3. When respins run out, the bonus ends, and the cash prizes from all locked Fish symbols on open reels are awarded.

Shark Feature

During the Respin Bonus, if an open reel is totally filled with locked Fish symbols, a shark swims up the reel and collects the cash prizes from all the Fish symbols. The total prize is multiplied by 2x and held in the top position of the reel. This opens the other reel positions for new Fish symbols to land.

Dream Drop Jackpot System

Also, on any spin, players may be awarded a Dream Drop jackpot. A Fortune Wheel spins to award the Rapid, Midi, Maxi, Major, or Mega prize with starting values of €1, €5, €100, €25,000, or €500,000, respectively. However, because the Dream Drop Jackpot is progressive, prizes can be much higher.

4 Fantastic Fish Gold Dream Drop: Slot Verdict

As mentioned, 4 Fantastic Fish Gold Dream Drop is close in several regards to the original 4 Fantastic Fish slot. It looks as bright as ever; it's got an upbeat, angling attitude, and hitting winning combinations of Fish symbols to collect their values is still one of the main thrills of the game. The Respin Bonus round, too, hasn't changed much, though one of the game's significant changes is the dropping of big jackpot Fish symbols, which used to be worth from 100x to 10,000x. This alteration has had a huge effect on non-jackpot winning potential, plummeting from the original's 15,000x figure to a more down to earth, or beneath it, 2,298.7x the bet. Moreover, don't expect bonuses to trigger too often here due to the extremely low hit frequency. This is typical for Dream Drop slots to compensate for the frequent rapid and mini jackpot rewards.

But yeah, so what, right? Who's going to be playing 4 Fantastic Fish Gold Dream Drop to chase non-jackpot wins? It's the Dream Drop that's the big attraction here, and since the Mega can technically progress into the millions, a reduction in regular winning potential is likely to be a virtual non-issue. It's all eyes on the Fortune Wheel, willing it to trigger, and then… who knows? What is good is the complimentary gameplay isn't bad, such as the Respin Bonus, and it really is refreshing to be able to collect wins from Fish symbols without the need for a fisherman symbol, as is often the way. And that's 4 Fantastic Fish Gold Dream Drop, really. A game that takes away certain elements while adding in others to provide an upbeat, fishing-themed environment in which to spin for the chance to trigger Dream Drop prizes.