[acoustic melody]

Hello Big Bass, my old friend. 

I’ve come to review you once again. 

Because your reels were softly spinning.

Another version in this drawn-out series.

And the fishing that’s now planted in my brain.

Will remain.

Within the slots of Pragmatic Play.

Sure, it dies off towards the end there, but so has my patience over what is yet another release of a Big Bass game by Pragmatic “Gone Fishin” Play. So, is Big Bass Vegas Double Down Deluxe a slot that enhances the run of Big Bass games, or is this more of the same old, same old, with that one feature difference?

Come join me in the throes of despair and depression as I review, for the hundredth time, the latest release within the Big Bass Bonanza slot series, Big Bass Vegas Double Down Deluxe. 

As I let out a moaning holler, let us begin this journey to the depths of the ocean found in the heart of Las Vegas. That comment is highly sarcastic for those who don't know, given that the nearest water to Vegas is in California, which is more than a 5-hour drive by car. 

What can you expect from this review besides an alternative version of Simon and Garfunkel’s Sounds of Silence and sarcastic remarks aimed at geographical and oceanic mapping? Well, not much, to be honest. You might learn about the gaming performance, design, bonus features, and software settings, but there is no guarantee. 

Either way, you’ve likely ignored this intro and headed straight to the free-to-play demo of the game. Anyway, moving on…

The design of Big Bass Vegas Double Down Deluxe is a neon wonderment. Pinks and blues illuminate the game and give us a little different take on how this game has previously been. The Vegas Strip runs along the top of the background, with the water line sectioning off the area of play. The 3-row, 5-reel slot comes with ten paylines. If you like 80s demo keyboard music, then turn it up loud. If you don’t like synth jazz-rock, then select mute. 

Once you have located the game within a reputable casino online, you set your bet to align with your budget. You pay bets with each spin you play, and these can range from $0.10 to $250 ($375 with Ante Bet). Obviously, the more you place, the bigger the return. Use the – and + buttons to navigate through the price values. 

When you select your bet amount, press the spin button to begin playing. The reels will rotate to win, aligning three or more of the same symbols across any of the ten paylines. The game’s paytable highlights all the payline patterns. Select the Information button to reveal this. 

The top symbols paying out the most are the pink boat, the flamingo, the fishing rod, the fishing kit, and the fish. The symbols returning the lowest payouts are the 10, J, Q, K, and A. 

Wins are also created by landing the Fish Money symbols. To win the values, you need one of the two Fisherman Collect symbols (they also act as Wild symbols) to land at the same time. 

Now, to the bonus game and in-play features that create higher winning opportunities. 

• Scatter Respin: You need three scatters to unlock the bonus game, but if you only land two symbols, you will activate a respin. The two scatters nudge down, and you will play the chance to land the important third scatter.
• Money Symbols: The fish values will change with each spin you play. The values are multiplies of your bet. They start at x2 the value and rise to x5,000 the value.   
• Free Spins: To play the bonus game, you need to land three or more scatter symbols. With three symbols, you get fifteen free spins. Four symbols return twenty spins. Five symbols win you twenty-five free spins. During the free spins round, there are two progression trails. One is for the Blue Fisherman, and the other for the Red Fisherman. Each time they land, you will progress along the trail. On this trail is the chance to win ten free spins and an increase in multiplier going from x2 to x3 to x10. With either Fisherman landing, you may trigger the Bazooka feature. A short video plays, and a bazooka is fired at the reels. Symbols will turn into Fish Money symbols. This means a guaranteed win. Also, if you land fish but no Fisherman, then a random event might trigger. A fish hook will suddenly enter into the game and pull up from a reel the Fisherman symbol for another guaranteed win. 
• Ante Bet: Up the bet by 50% and get a higher chance of landing a bonus feature.
• Buy Free Spins: Buy entry into the bonus game for 100x your bet value.
• Buy Super Free Spins: Buy your way into this bonus for 300x your bet value.

There is nothing about this game that surprises me. I am so used to how Pragmatic Play makes their slots for this series that I’ve become numb. I loaded the slot at one of the top online casinos and played 50 spins set at a bet cost of $1 per spin. 

It took all 13 spins to land the first win, which is $2. Four spins later, I won $3. On spin 30, I landed three scatter symbols and won 15 free spins. During the bonus round, I won $74.60. This is thanks to landing ten more free spins and upping the multiplier to x2. 

With 20 spins left, I decided to end play and cash out the $54.10 I had won so far. 

The Big Bass Vegas Double Down Deluxe slot has a high volatility setting. The RTP comes in at 96.50%. The max payout is 5,000 times the bet value. Bets at $250 will return a jackpot of $1,250,000 ($1,875,000 with an active Ante Bet).

The design of Big Bass Vegas Double Down Deluxe is very appealing to the eye or eyes. The gameplay is a repeated formula that, like Elvis, died long ago. Shame we aren’t treated to anything new, but there are fans of this series, who I imagine will love playing it at the best online casinos. 

If you want to play other fish-themed games, then why not try these options:

• Fish ‘n’ Nudge by Push Gaming
• Nice Catch 2 DoubleMax by Yggdrasil
• Gus Goes Fishin by iSoftBet

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