Big Fishing Fortune Slot Review

Inspired Gaming is a rarely talked about game developer from the UK. In the past, they have attained a reputation for creating high-quality RNG table games, software-powered lottery options, virtual sports simulations, and, yes, slots. Inspired ranks as one of the largest VLT multi-game providers on the planet, with over a decade and a half of activity in the gaming sector, boasting more than 34,000 machines worldwide.

They have a portfolio of around one hundred and eight interactive products, and they released Big Fishing Fortune in late November 2021 to online casinos across the globe. For the first few months of its existence, it managed to stay in the 100 to 200 most-played game range, and recently it broke through to the top 100 in multiple markets. So, we have a reason to present to our readers. Hence, let us see if the first Inspired Gaming slot we are reviewing on BTCGOSU is a play or a pass.

Theme & Design

No one. And we do mean no one predicted the success of Big Bass Bonanza. Yet, this visually unimpressive game quickly became a fan favorite and spawned a sequel, plus Megaways and Christmas editions. It is now a top-five industry reel-spinner, and YouTube is chock full of big wins videos stemming from people playing this slot.

Big Fishing Fortune makes no bones about trying to piggyback off Big Bass Bonanza’s popularity. That much is evident by simply looking at the main page of this slot, which features a fisherman in an identical pose to the one in Bigger Bass Bonanza, also wearing a baseball hat and boasting a thick beard. The colors used here and the sound effects/soundtrack mirror Big Bass to a T.  Nonetheless, the presentation of Big Fishing Fortune feels crisper. Overall, think of this Inspired Gaming product as a Big Bass copycat because that is what it is.

The spin and auto-spin buttons are on the right side of the reel grid in this game, and the bet adjuster is on its left. An icon that opens the settings panel is in the lower-left corner of the screen. There you can activate the turbo-spin function.

Specs & Gameplay

Big Fishing Fortune utilizes the online slot classic 5×3 layout. It is a medium variance spinner with an RTP of 94.8% and ten paylines. The max exposure setting here is x2,500, and the max bet option is $100. The lowest wager possible on this title is $0.2. For comparison, the max bet of Big Bas Bonanza is $250, and the RTP of that reel-spinning product is 95.67%.

Wins in Big Fishing Fortune happen when you land three to five matching symbols on adjacent reels, starting from the leftmost one. The low-paying symbols of this slot are 10 to A royals, yielding rewards of x10 for five-of-a-kind. The high-paying ones are a lifebuoy, a fishing bait box, a fishing rod, and a boat. These can produce prizes from x50 to x200 for five-of-a-kind.

The fisherman is the Wild here, and he substitutes all the pay symbols but not the Scatter. He appears on all the reels in the bonus game only. Different types of fish get called mixed pay symbols, generating prizes of x20 for five matching fish on a spin, landing in any combination. A round float is the Bonus symbol of Big Fishing Fortune, appearing on all the reels.

Bonus Features

Landing three or more Bonus floats in view provides entry into this slot’s bonus feature. Once activated, this mode begins with a Pick ‘Em mini-game. Inside it, you will get presented with several floats, depending on your number of activating Scatters. Your job here is to click on these until you match three fish, which will have a corresponding money value attached. The size of this value will get affected by the number of activating Scatters. The chosen fish will be your sticky, and you will get an unlimited number of free spins until it gets caught by the fisherman. When that happens, the fisherman Wild collects all the values displayed on the fish symbols on the grid. When the chosen fish hits, it will remain sticky until the fisherman shows up to catch it and collect the other values, effectively ending this mode.

GOSU Verdict

Eh, what to say about Big Fishing Fortune? Its high ranking is likely due to it causing market confusion, stemming from its similarity with Big Bass Bonanza or the fact that it is likely available in markets where players cannot access Big Bass. In general, this is not a bad game. It is just a highly unoriginal one. If that does not bother you, check it out. Big Fishing Fortune does not offer a dramatic max win. But for a medium variance spinner, a top reward of $200,000 is nothing to sneeze at or overlook.