Slot Wars - Big Bass Christmas Bash VS Bigger Bass Blizzard - ReelNews By GamblersArea
The holiday season is getting closer and Pragmatic Play already has a perfect slot to honor it - Big Bass Christmas Bash. Yup, it is another festive version of the provider’s beloved slots with a friendly fisherman protagonist. But it’s not the first of its kind in the series, so in this episode of slot wars let’s compare it to Bigger Bass Blizzard – Christmas Catch and see how alike these two games.
Start the snow fight!
Round 1: Winning Potential And RTP
Played on a classic 5x3 grid with 10 paylines, the Big Bass Christmas Bash slot is the twelfth sequel of the provider’s most popular, Big Bass series. The latest addition comes with a big winning potential of up to 5,000x the bet and brings the holiday spirit to reels.
However, this isn’t the first Christmas-themed game in the series, as players could celebrate the festivities with Bigger Bass Blizzard – Christmas Catch released in November last year. Featuring 5x4 grid with 20 paylines, the title has a max win of 4,000x stake.
The RTP is quite similar for both games - the older release comes with 96.08% while the youngest Pragmatic’s fishing-inspired slot has the return to player percentage of 96.71%. Although not significantly higher, due to the bigger potential maximum win, the new Christmas slot is the winner of the first round.
Round 2: Bonus Features
As slots from the same provider’s series, these games have a lot in common regarding bonus features, starting with a Fisherman Wild that is active only in the bonus round. In both slots, the bonus round is triggered when 3, 4 or 5 Scatters land together, awarding 10, 15 or 20 free spins respectively. If only 2 Scatters are in view, there is a chance that a hook will appear and drag the required third Scatter on the grid so the bonus game can be activated.
Like in all other releases from the series, the Fisherman Wild has a dual role - it substitutes for all regular paying symbols and collects values of Fish Money symbols. Wilds are also collected during free spins.
In Bigger Bass Blizard, every 4th Wild collected retriggers the feature, awarding more spins and the multiplier for money symbol collection increases 2x for the first retrigger, 3x for the second retrigger and 10x for the third retrigger. The situation is very similar in Big Bass Christmas Bash - the fish symbol collection multiplier increases 2x for the second level, 3x for the third level and 10x for the fourth level.
In fact, the biggest difference between bonus features in these slots is that in the latest Christmas game, the free spins round can come with modifiers. Before free spins start, 0 to 5 modifiers can be randomly selected and applied to all free spins.
The random modifiers are:
- More Fish - More Fish symbols will appear on reels
- More Fisherman - More Wilds are present on the grid
- More Dynamites, Hooks and Bazookas - During the round, the chance to hit dynamite, hook and bazooka spin feature is increased
- Start from level 2 - The free spins round begins from level 2 in the progressive features
- + 2 spins - The subsequent round starts with 2 more free spins from the beginning and 2 more spins are added to every retrigger
Players can enter free spins mode in both slots via Bonus Buy for 100x the bet.
Since the bonus features are almost the same, the free spins modifiers are tiebreakers. They are giving the Big Bass Christmas Bash slot and extra edge, making it the winner if this round.
Round 3: Visuals And Audio
Although both slots are festive, the holiday spirit is much better felt in the newest edition of the Big Bass series. With ornaments like candy cane fishing rods, colorful presents, a Fisherman dressed as the elf, snow plows driven by Santa Claus and a dreamy snowed town in the background, Big Bass Christmas Bash honors the theme completely.
On the other hand, its rival is more focused on the blizzard part of its title. Due to icicles, snowed-in trees and ice fishing tools, the harsh winter is clearly there, but without any sign of the holiday season. Only the soundtrack in the back remembers that Christmas is around the corner.
When it comes to design and animation, these are superb in both slots. This is why this round is so arbitrary - with the same quality presentation, it all comes down to the player’s preferences. However, regarding honoring the theme, the Big Bass Christmas Bash does it much better.
And The Winner Is…
With so many similar elements, choosing the winner of this episode of slot wars wasn’t easy at all. Both are a part of the same slot series, have the same visual elements and bonus features that players love. However, Big Bass Christmas does have a bit higher winning potential and extra modifiers which makes it the winner of this slot battle. Still, both of these games are equally engaging, so give Bigger Bass Blizzard – Christmas Catch a chance as well.