Big Game Fishing TopHit

Big Game Fishing: Slot Overview

It's fishing time, players, actually, scratch that, it's Big Game Fishing time thanks to the efforts of Yggdrasil partner Reflex Gaming. If you were wondering what the difference is, big game fishing, also known as blue water fishing or offshore sport fishing, typically takes place way out at sea as anglers chase trophy fish such as marlin, tuna, or swordfish. That's instead of casting off a jetty in the hopes of hooking anything at all, including old boots. In the grand old tradition, Big Game Fishing has a cash symbol collection feature, plus a few extras like a TopHit reel, symbol to wild transformations, multipliers, and free spins.

Big game fishing might often take place way out at sea, but it doesn't seem like players are far offshore for this game. More like a river or a lake surrounded by towering pine trees. A big wide sky and clean blue water help transport imaginative gamblers away from their regular lives for a moment to drop them in a virtual outdoor setting in order to attempt reeling in Cash Fish symbols. Big Game Fishing isn't the most beautiful or engaging outdoors slot ever made, but alright, its graphics do the job okay.

By pressing the on-screen coins icon, users are able to choose their preferred wager from 20 c per spin up to a maximum of $/€100. However, the stake increases by 50% when using the Golden Bet, which always nudges Fisherman and scatter symbols to be fully stacked when activated. The theoretical RTP players can expect, whether using the Golden Bet, buying free spins, or just regular betting, is 94%, while the volatility is medium-high. A 5x3 matrix is the main set of reels, plus a 5-position TopHit row sits above it. Running along the grid, creating winlines from left to right, are 20 paylines for evaluating combinations.

Hit 5 matching 10 to A card royals, and the rewards for doing so come out at 1 to 1.2 times the bet. Up from them are Cash Fish symbols, floats, reels, tackle boxes, and boats, worth 1.6 to 5 times the bet. Wilds may appear on all reels to help complete wins. They do this by substituting for all of the regular paying symbols, and they have the same payout values when making wins of themselves as the boat symbol.

Big Game Fishing: Slot Features

Big Game Fishing's box of features includes the TopHit, Cash Fish, a nudge feature, free spins, a free spins gamble, and a bonus buy.

TopHit

The TopHit reel is a row which sits above the main reels. It lands blanks or symbols fully or partially in view. When a high pay symbol lands fully in view on the TopHit reel, instances of it turn wild for that spin. If more than one of the same high pay symbols lands on the TopHit, the wilds they transform into get a multiplier. The more of the same symbol that lands, the higher the multiplier, up to x5. A win with multiple multipliers, multiply each other.

Cash Fish

Any Cash Fish symbols that land have a cash value attached to them of 0.5x to 200x the bet. If a fully visible Fisherman lands on the TopHit reel or is nudged there, all Cash Fish values in view are awarded.

Nudge Feature

A nudge symbol may land on the rightmost reel. The nudge feature pushes all partially visible symbols on the special reels to make them fully visible.

Free Spins

Hitting 3+ scatter symbols anywhere in the base game, including on the TopHit reel, triggers 8+ free spins. In free spins, all features triggered on the TopHit persist through the whole free spins round. Landing a scatter symbol awards +1 free spin, or landing 6 or more of the same high-pay symbols on the TopHit reel awards +1 free spin. A landed Fisherman symbol in the free spins round catches any Cash Fish in view. Each time a Fisherman symbol lands, a Cash Fish Multiplier increases by +1. Fish caught by the Fisherman symbols have their values multiplied, then the multiplier advances for the next spin. The biggest multiplier Reflex Gaming recorded is x22.

Free Spins Gamble

Before free spins begin, players may gamble for more on a gamble wheel. Landing a needle in a green segment of the wheel progresses to the next level. Landing in red means no free spins are awarded.

Bonus Buy

For 70 times the bet, players can buy 8 or more (random) free spins.

Big Game Fishing: Slot Verdict

Gamblers who can't get enough fishing action in their days and are looking for an alternative to the Fishin' Frenzies and Big Bass Bonanzas of the world might be tempted to have a look over Big Game Fishing. However, there are a lot, like, a lot of alternatives already, from 4ThePlayer's Fantastic Fish range, Big Time Gaming's Golden Catch, and a barrel load of others from crabs to lobsters to also try. You name it, if it resides in the sea, it feels as though sooner or later a casino game maker is going to attempt to drag it up onto dry land and slapping cash values on there.

Reflex Gaming's contribution to this popular slot variety played out okay. It's got Fisherman symbols collecting Cash Fish values for players, which is a cornerstone of this game style. Cash values aren't bad at the higher levels, and the symbol to wild transformation (including the chance of getting multis) beefs out the experience. The Fisherman symbol is also able to get a multiplier in free spins, increasing each time a Fisherman hits, which helps up the suspense. On the numbers side of things, a max win of 5,000x the bet is a pretty decent figure compared to some of the competition, though the return to player value is hardly one of Big Game Fishing's strong selling points.

By the end of the review, Big Game Fishing turned out alright. Nothing blazingly special, though a few fairly singular add-ons put something of a unique spin on the usual way the action in these sorts of games unfolds. All in all, Big Game Fishing doesn't do enough to be considered one of the Chads of the genre, but some fish slot radicals might be entertained.