Big Bass Halloween 2: Slot Overview

Benjamin Franklin famously said, ‘…in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes’. If the legendary statesman were a 21st-century gambler, he might have tacked on ‘and more Big Bass Bonanza slots’ as well. That’s because Pragmatic Play and their virtual fishing sidekicks at Reel Kingdom have returned with yet another angling-themed release. This one is Big Bass Halloween 2, essentially a Frankenstein-style creation built from Big Bass Splash: it keeps the original game’s stats and features intact, then swaps out the exterior for a Halloween makeover.

And yes, the makeover is very much “Halloween.” The reels are still set in liquid, only now it’s a suspicious yellow-toned brew filled with bubbles and fish. The symbols aim for a spookier vibe too—royals look stitched together with criss-cross seams, while the premium icons have been changed to match the theme. The most unsettling tweak is the fisherman, who’s been reimagined as a chainsaw-wielding maniac. Sure.

On the numbers side, a healthy 96.71% RTP underpins the game, although lower-return versions have also been produced. As you’d anticipate, Big Bass Halloween’s volatility is high, and the betting range runs from 10 c to $/€250 per base game spin. There’s also a free spins bonus buy option.

The action plays out on a 5-reel, 3-row layout, using 10 paylines to calculate wins, which must start from the leftmost reel. A 5 OAK royal symbol combination pays 5-10 times the bet, while landing 5 fish (the Money symbols), boxes, insects, chainsaws, or cars returns 20x to 200x. The wild symbol zombie dude replaces all paying symbols, but it only shows up during the free spins round.

Big Bass Halloween 2: Slot Features

The familiar Big Bass Splash feature set is back, including free spins where Money symbols can be collected by wilds, where wilds are gathered to unlock extra free spins with Money symbol multipliers, and where random reel modifiers may be granted at the start of bonus rounds.

Free Spins

When 2 scatters land in the base game, there is a chance the third one gets pulled onto the reels by a hook or via respins, during which the scatters on-screen can shift down one position without dropping off the grid. Hitting 3, 4, or 5 scatters awards 10, 15, or 20 free spins, respectively. Before the free spins start, 0-5 modifiers are handed out. The modifiers are:

• More Fish – additional fish appear on the reels.
• More Fisherman – extra wild fisherman symbols appear on the reels.
• More Dynamites, Hooks, and Chainsaws – more of these.
• Start From Level 2 – the progressive feature begins at level 2.
• +2 Spins – the round starts with 2 extra free spins, and any retriggers benefit from +2 spins.

In the free spins round, every wild symbol that lands collects the values of all visible Money symbols. Fish Money symbols can be worth 2x to 5,000x the bet. Wild symbols are collected too. Each 4th wild collected grants +10 free spins plus a multiplier that boosts collected Money symbol values. The multiplier is x2 at level two, x3 at level three, and x10 at level four. Any retriggered spins are played after the current set, and the multipliers carry over to those retriggers. Once level four is reached, retriggers can no longer happen. On top of that, the bonus round includes these features:

• Dynamite Spin Feature – randomly, when there are fisherman symbols on the reels but no fish, at the end of a free spin, fish money symbols may appear in random positions.
• Hook – can randomly bring fisherman symbols onto the reels if there are fish but no fisherman in view at the end of a spin.
• Chainsaw – randomly, when there is a fisherman present but no fish, at the end of the spin, all symbols but fisherman symbols are transformed into something else.

Big Bass Halloween 2: Slot Verdict

As if one Halloween Big Bass copycat wasn’t plenty, we now have a second one to deal with. Where Big Bass Halloween was based on the original Big Bass Bonanza slot, Big Bass Halloween 2 is assembled from Big Bass Splash instead. Is this an abundance of content, or just plain embarrassment? That likely depends on how much you enjoy the Big Bass lineup—and whether you’re willing to tuck into another entry even if it serves up the exact same gameplay we’ve already seen. If you are, then Big Bass Halloween 2’s oddball remix is waiting. If you aren’t, you may want to hold your breath and hurry past this pungent heap of dead-fish leftovers.

At this point, we all know the routine so well that repeating it might feel almost patronising. Still, the simplest way to put it is that Big Bass Halloween 2 is just as capable as any other BB slot at dropping Money symbols and letting wild fisherman symbols scoop them up. It doesn’t really improve on the formula, though, since it’s essentially a rerun. The upside is that the biggest Money symbols can carry hefty values, and multipliers are always welcome, regardless of how they’re applied. Free spins can also be helped along by the pre-feature modifiers, and a 5,000x win cap is a respectable ceiling for a Big Bass slot.

And that’s the story. Big Bass Halloween 2 is now officially part of the world, and imagining what might arrive next in the series is spooky enough to turn the stomach. Fishing fans should be delighted—assuming they haven’t already played the original template that Big Bass Halloween 2 is built from to exhaustion.