Wild Wild Bass 2: Slot Overview

Ever tucked into a seafood spread so enthusiastically that, by the final plate, you can’t stand the sight of fish? No? Me neither, but it’s a handy way to describe what’s happening in the fishing corner of online slots right now. Plenty of studios have gone hook, line, and sinker for sea life—bass especially—and keep pumping out fishy titles at full speed. This is another entry, from developer Stakelogic, called Wild Wild Bass 2. The tricky part is that Wild Wild Bass 2 is, for all intents and purposes, mechanically almost identical to Wild Wild Bass, only with a bonus buy bolted on.

It’s difficult not to see Wild Wild Bass and its sequel as attempts to ride the Big Bass Bonanza wave. Still, the first Wild Wild Bass must have done well enough to justify a follow-up, and here we are. Just like before, a see-through 6-reel grid hangs beneath the water’s surface, with fish zipping around behind it and bubbles constantly rising. It’s a fishing slot—there’s not much mystery there. It’s not the most distinctive-looking example of the theme, but it’s not a disaster either. Let’s wade in.

Getting started in this fishy outing means choosing a wager of 10 p/c to $/€200 per spin and deciding if you want to switch on the Super Stake option. With Super Stake enabled, bets are doubled in exchange for more wild symbols appearing in the base game. Because wilds are required to set off Big Catch and Insane Catch, that’s a meaningful choice. The RTP is higher this time, which is welcome, landing at 96.07%, and volatility is high. As before, the 6-reel grid uses a 3-3-4-4-4-4 pattern, beginning with 2,304 ways to win. The four reels on the right can expand, though, increasing the layout to up to 5,625 ways when fully extended.

On the low end of the paytable are card ranks 9 through A, which return 1 to 2 times the bet for a 6 OAK winning way. Above them sit a tackle box, a life ring, a float, a bird, and a fishing rod, awarding 2.5 to 15 times the bet for a 6-of-a-kind hit. Bass symbols show up carrying a random cash value expressed as a bet multiplier. Those Bass values are only paid out during the Big Catch or Insane Catch feature.

Wild Wild Bass 2: Slot Features

Wild symbols sit at the heart of Wild Wild Bass 2’s feature set. They can land on the first two reels, and hitting 2 of them starts the Big Catch feature, or they can trigger Insane Catch when the Insane Catch symbol also appears.

Big Catch

After 2 wild symbols activate Big Catch, reels 3, 4, 5, and 6 extend by one extra position. Along with boosting the number of ways to win, any Bass symbol money values are paid out on top of standard line wins. The reels then drop back to their normal size on the following spin.

Insane Catch

The Insane Catch symbol can appear on reel 6. Landing 2 wild symbols together with an Insane Catch symbol launches the Insane Catch feature, awarding 2, 3, or 4 Insane Spins. During Insane Catch, reels 1 and 2 merge into a single multiplier reel. Each Insane Spin grants a multiplier value of x1 to x5. Reels 3, 4, 5, and 6 transform into 20 independent reels, where only Bass symbols, Insane Catch symbols, or blanks can appear. Bass money values are paid with the multiplier applied. At the beginning of every Insane Spin, the grid is wiped clean. If an Insane Catch symbol lands, it awards extra Insane Catch spins.

Wild Wild Bass 2: Slot Verdict

Moments like this make Stakelogic’s slogan—‘Think Bigger’—feel a bit questionable. How exactly is taking a slot, leaving most of it untouched, and simply adding a bonus buy “thinking bigger”? Worse still, the first game already felt like a bass-fishing take on Pragmatic Play’s Wild Wild Riches. So originality isn’t the strong suit here, but it’s easy to assume Wild Wild Bass 2 exists mainly to introduce a bonus buy for faster access to Insane Spins. That may be a sensible commercial move, yet if it all feels a little excessive, it’s probably best not to overthink it unless you fancy spiralling into a bleak rabbit hole of existential slot despair.

With that in mind, treat Wild Wild Bass 2 like it’s just arrived at the table. In that light, it’s still a fishing-themed spin on Wild Wild Riches, with a couple of extras tacked on. Again. The good news is it’s not worse than the original, and the Insane Catch section is genuinely pretty slick. Even so, it’s not massively powerful, because even with an x5 locked in, the maximum win in Wild Wild Bass 2 tops out at 10,000x the bet. That cap applies across the base game and free spins, and it stacks up well compared to plenty of other fishy rivals.

It’s reasonable to think Stakelogic may simply be answering player demand for a bonus buy in Wild Wild Bass. If that’s the case, then anyone who wanted exactly that should be satisfied with how Wild Wild Bass 2 has landed. Still, if the bonus buy doesn’t interest you, it’s hard to escape the sense that Wild Wild Bass 2 is unnecessary—and it ends up tossed onto the already sky-high pile of fish slots clogging the market.