We don’t mind more competition in the popularfishing slot genreto be honest, and especially not when developers pour enough effort into the production to create something fresh, innovative and unique. 4ThePlayer have experimented with both time travel and speed before, without seeing huge success with either concepts, but 4 Fantastic Fish definitely comes across as a potential smash hit.
They’ve managed to recapture the retro charm from the iconicFishin’ Frenzyin a more modernized format, and you don’t even need a collect symbol to win up to massive cash fish prizes also in the base game. This is thanks to the Cash Ways system and the Big Game Jackpot fish symbols, and you also get a random Giant Squid modifier in both the base game and the streak Respins Bonus Round.
The premium symbols, consisting of tackle boxes, rods, crabs, seagulls and the fisherman, pays between 30 to 100 x your stake for 6 of a kind wins. The fishing boat is theWild symbol, and it steps in for all regular pay symbols to help complete wins.
TheFish symbolsland in different sizes on all 6 reels, and they come withcash prizesranging from0.2x to 100x your stake. The summed up prizes are paid when you land a winning combo of any fish size. AGiant Squid featuremay trigger at random times, and it rearranges cash fish symbols which guarantees or improves a prize win.
On reel 6 only, you can land4 jackpot fish symbols, but the jackpot prize is only won if the jackpot fish is part of a fish symbol win line. The Big Game Jackpots are on display above the grid, and you win100x, 500x, 2,000x and 10,000x your stakefrom theBig, Super, Mega and Ultra jackpot fish, respectively.
Landing3+ Marlin scattersanywhere in sight triggers theRespins Bonus Round, and all reels with triggering symbols are activated from the get-go. The remaining reels are locked, but they can be unlocked if a Marlin scatter lands on a locked reel during the feature. The Giant Squid can also appear at random times, and it moves fish prize symbols from locked to active reels.
You start with3 respins, and only fish prize symbols or blank positions will appear during the feature. Fish prize symbols become sticky, and each new fish symbol resets the respins tally to 3 again. Afull reel of sticky fish symbolswill be cleared by ashark, and thisboosts the prizes by x2. Finally, non-UK players, and anyone eligible, maypurchase the respins bonus roundfor60x the stake.
Being huge fans of the fishing slot genre, we had a grand ole’ time testing 4 Fantastic Fish, and we have created a brief and edited highlights video for you as usual. You can check out all the best moments from our 200 spins test sessions by simply hitting the play button below.
We were really pleasantly surprised by what 4ThePlayer has conjured up this time, as we half-expected yet another Fishin’ Frenzy or Big Bass Bonanza copycat. Instead, the innovative developer has taken the whole concept in a different direction, and it’s kind of refreshing not having to wait for the collector symbols to land all the time. You now win the fish prizes as long as they line up, which seems kind of obvious now that the idea has been released into the wild.
The Giant Squid feature is kind of fun too, and it can connect jackpot fish wins for potentially large base game prizes. The cozy vibe you may be familiar with from the original Fishin’ Frenzy is found here too, but with a tad less dated audiovisuals. The streak Respins round is somewhat original, not least with the shark clearing reels, and overall this is a well-balanced and highly competent fishing slot installment that can compete with the best of them.
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Golden Catch Megaways- is a highly original and great-looking fishing slot from Big Time Gaming, and the dynamic grid awards up to 117,649 win ways. Cascading wins reveal cash prize fish underneath the symbols, and these are collected if a fishing boat is present above the grid. The fishing boat multiplier increases per boat in the free spins round, for wins up to 31,430x your stake.
Big Fin Bay- is Thunderkick’s original take on the whole fishing slot concept, and it comes with up to 6×7 reels and 5,040 fixed base game win ways. Wild wins expand the grid in the bonus round, and winning wilds also expand to cover full reels. Wilds even trigger respins in the bonus round, and you can win up to 15,040x your stake.
Fishin Frenzy The Big Catch Megaways- is a dynamic reels engine release in Reel Time Gaming’s popular series, and you get up to 15,625 win ways. The fisherman wild collects fish prizes in the reel ‘em bonus round as usual, and the wild is collected to eliminate low prize fish and award extra free spins. You can win up to £250,000.
