Pragmatic Play’s Big Bass Halloween 3 plunges players into a chilling, spooky iteration of their globally successful fishing-themed series. This high-volatility slot maintains the familiar 5-reel, 3-row structure with 10 fixed paylines, a setup that has become a trademark across titles like Big Bass Bonanza and Bigger Bass Bonanza. Released as a seasonal twist, the game swaps the sunny ocean backdrop for a misty, eerie lake at night, featuring ghoul-ified versions of the iconic symbols, including a zombie-like fisherman and haunted fishing gear, without losing the core mechanical appeal.
The gameplay revolves almost entirely around the coveted Free Spins feature, which is activated by landing three or more Fish Scatter symbols anywhere on the reels, awarding up to 20 initial free spins. In a new development for the series, this version introduces two distinct Wild Fisherman symbols—Blue and Red—each collected in its own meter. During the Free Spins, these Wilds not only substitute for other paying symbols to form combinations but, crucially, they also reel in the values of any Fish Money symbols visible on the screen. The Fish Money symbols carry random cash values, which can be significant. The game has a progressive twist: every fourth Wild Fisherman of a single color collected retriggers the feature, granting an additional 10 free spins and applying a multiplier to the Fish Money symbols. This multiplier starts at $2\times$, progresses to $3\times$, and eventually reaches $10\times$. The integration of dual Wilds and their respective meters offers a fresh dynamic to the retrigger and multiplier system. Furthermore, Pragmatic Play has included a selection of random modifiers during the bonus round, such as a chance for a third Scatter to land to trigger the feature or for extra Fish Money or Wild Fisherman symbols to be added to the reels, significantly boosting the potential for the advertised 5,000x maximum win.
