Big Bass Halloween 2 Slot (Pragmatic Play)

The Big Bass Halloween 2 slot has 5 reels, 3 rows and 10 fixed paylines. To form a winning combination, you need a certain number of matching symbols from left to right and across any of the 10 paylines. For most symbols, 3 or more are required whilst it’s 2 or more for the highest-value symbol. Only the highest win per payline will be awarded.

Bets-wise, you can play this spooky number from as little as 10p a spin to as much as £250 per spin. With the max bet subject to being limited by some sites, changing your bet is easy: simply use the plus or minus buttons under the reels.

The Big Bass Halloween 2 RTP rate is 96.71% which is way above the 96% average for online slot games. Pragmatic Play has also produced 95.67% and 94.6% RTP alternative versions. To check which rate you’re playing with, open the Paytable. Non-UK players can benefit from Autoplay and Turbo Mode functions.

Very high volatility (5/5), the hit frequency rate is 13.66% meaning a win in the base game will occur every 7.32 spins on average. Triggering the Free Spins feature will happen every 113 spins (again, on average).

Finally, the Big Bass Halloween 2 slot game comes with 5,000 times bet max wins. Your chances of winning this (known as the max win probability) is 1 in 3,086,876 spins (over 3 million). Winning 1,000 times your total bet or more will occur every 85,761 spins.

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With a fishing/horror theme, the Big Bass Halloween 2 slot sees Pragmatic Play’s infamous fisherman back again, this time with a chainsaw in hand. Released on the 21^st of October 2024, it’s the 19^th game in the Big Bass slot series.

The first you’ll notice is the soundtrack which is eerie and creepy. Released in time for Halloween, you head underwater. Above the water, the colour scheme is red which signifies blood I assume. Under the water, there is a yellow glow alongside fish and fauna.

On the reels, low-value symbols including A, K, Q, J and 10 royals which all have criss-cross stitches on them. The higher-value symbols include dead fish money, bait boxes, spiders, chainsaws and monster trucks which have all been given a scary makeover. The monster stuck symbol pays the most with 200 times your total bet awarded if you land 5 across a payline.

Brace yourself for the Fisherman Wild symbol which only appears during the free spins. Reminiscent of a zombie, he has a bass in one hand and a cleaver in another. He substitutes for all paying symbols and is collected as you’ll discover below. The other symbol of note is the Hooked Bass Scatter which is the key to triggering the free spins. Before we look at those symbols, below is a list of symbol payouts and functions:

• Q/J/10: 3, 4 or 5 = 0.2, 1 or 5 x bet
• A/K: 3, 4 or 5 = 0.2, 2.5 or 10 x bet
• Dead Fish Money: 3, 4 or 5 = 1, 5 or 20 x bet
• Spider/Bait Box: 3, 4 or 5 = 2, 10 or 50 x bet
• Chainsaw: 3, 4 or 5 = 3, 15 or 100 x bet
• Monster Truck: 2, 3, 4 or 5 = 0.5, 5, 20 or 200 x bet
• Fisherman Wild: Substitutes for paying symbols
• Hooked Bass Scatter: 3+ triggers Free Spins feature

Big Bass Halloween 2 Mobile

Pragmatic Play slot games also use HTML5 technology to detect what device you’re playing with. Compatible with mobile, tablet and desktop devices, you can enjoy this horror/fishing-themed game on iOS and Android smartphones. If you’re playing on a handheld device, the game will use a special Portrait Mode to make better use of the screen.

Big Bass Halloween 2 benefits from 7 bonus features. With 2 random extras that help you trigger the Free Spins feature, you’ll get up to 5 modifiers which are used during the free spins. Once in, there are 3 random features as well as Fisherman Wilds which collect Dead Fish Money symbol prizes. They are also collected to award more free spins and increase the Dead Fish Money multiplier up to 10x.

Free Spins

The focus of this game is the Free Spins feature. It’s played by landing 3 or more Hooked Bass Scatter symbols anywhere during a base game spin. 3, 4 or 5 scatters will award 10, 15 or 20 free spins, respectively. As mentioned above, this will occur once every 113 spins on average.

Once in the feature, up to 5 modifiers will apply. Randomly chosen, here is what they offer:

• More Fish: More fish money symbols appear on the reels
• More Fisherman: More Fisherman Wilds appear on the reels
• More Dynamites, Hooks + Chainsaws: A higher chance of activating these bonus features
• Start from Level 2: You begin on level 2 with a 2x multiplier
• +2 Spins: 2 more free spins are awarded and 2 extra free spins are won with each retrigger

Once the modifiers have been selected, look out for the Fisherman Wild symbol landing on all 5 reels. When he lands, all Dead Fish Money symbol values are collected and awarded. To help you achieve bigger wins, there are bonus features that can trigger randomly:

• Bazooka feature: It can trigger if a Fisherman Wild lands with no Dead Fish Money symbols. Dead Fish Money symbols will be added to the reels and then collected by the Fisherman Wild.
• Dynamite feature: It can activate if Dead Fish Money symbols land with no Fisherman Wilds. Fisherman Wilds can then be added to the reels which collect the Dead Fish Money symbols.
• Hook feature: If Dead Fish Money symbols land with no Fisherman Wilds, a hook pulls up a reel to add a Fisherman Wild.

With all Fisherman Wilds collected in the meter above the reels, you need 4 each time to retrigger the feature. This awards additional free spins (10 normally or 12 if you revealed the +2 Spins modifiers). Furthermore, a multiplier is also applied to Dead Fish Money symbols collected by Fisherman Wilds.

With 4 levels, up to 58 free spins can be won in total. Multipliers on Dead Fish Money symbols can reach 10x too! Below, find a table highlighting all the details:

Buy Free Spins 

If you’re not located in the United Kingdom, you can opt for the Buy Free Spins feature. Use it to buy your way into the free spins for a cost of 100 times your total bet. It will randomly give you 3, 4 or 5 scatters with the RTP rate remaining unaffected.

Being the 19^th game in the popular Big Bass series, the Big Bass Halloween 2 slot game doesn’t differ much from its predecessors. What Pragmatic Play has done here is given the game you’d expect to see a spooky and scary makeover that makes it stand out substantially.

With the focus completely on the Free Spins feature, playing with up to 5 modifiers will determine how much you can win potentially. I quite like the More Fisherman Wilds and Start from Level 2 modifiers which can come into their own. The randomly-triggered features are hit-and-miss with the Bazooka feature the most lucrative in my experience.

The key is to land enough Fisherman Wilds to retrigger the feature and progress through the levels. Not only do you win additional free spins but Dead Fish Money symbols collected will be subject to a multiplier up to 10x.

With 5,000 times bet max wins and a very high 96.71% RTP rate, Big Bass Halloween 2 is identical to the Big Bass Splash slot game in terms of gameplay. On the other hand, the original Big Bass Halloween offers a 96.04% RTP rate and 2,100 times bet payouts.

If you’re looking for horror-themed games, check out our Halloween slots guide. It highlights the top 13 games including several disturbing releases from Nolimit City (Book of Shadows, Mental and Possesses), Print Studios’ Darkness and Microgaming’s iconic Immortal Romance.

If it’s chainsaws you’re after, I highly recommend Nolimit City’s Serial slot. Based on a serial killer called the Bodycam Butcher, it tops our Halloween slots list and offers 74,800 times bet max wins.

The Big Bass Halloween 2 slot review was written by Chris Taylor from our OLBG Expert team who who written over 10,000 slot game reviews in an iGaming career spanning over 2 decades. It was then verified by Jenny Mason, our prime Slot reviewer who has 17+ years in online gambling, top UK brands. 

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