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Santa's Big Bash Megaways Review
The Xmas slot season is here, and this offering has a bit more soul than a generic reskin. There are some similarities to previous titles, such as maxed out reels being locked for the bonus round, but Santa's Big Bash Megaways focuses on a more boozy Holiday season.
Champagne bottles are on the floor, and Santa is pouring himself a drink. It's a somewhat daring theme, but the gameplay is not that unusual. The elements come together nicely, making it a worthwhile seasonal release that could be played all year with a different theme.
Santa's Big Bash Megaways Features
The Xmas present Wild substitutes for all regular pay symbols on all reels except the first. The regular symbols pay between 2 and 25 x your stake for 6 of a kind wins. All winning symbols are removed via the Tumble feature, and the gaps are filled by new symbols that drop from above. This repeats as long as you keep winning.
The Magic Baubles can only appear when the Tumble feature is active in the base game, and you can get up to 3 Magic Baubles at the same time. Each Magic Bauble can activate up to 3 baubles on the Christmas Tree Free Spins Trail . The Christmas Tree Trail resets between spins, and you need a minimum of 8 activated baubles to trigger the Bonus Round.
You get the same amount of free spins as baubles activated, except for the 13 baubles tier that gives 12 free spins. The 10 or 11 baubles tiers come with an x2 starting multiplier, while the 12 and 13 baubles tiers come with an x3 starting multiplier. The 13 spins tier also has a higher chance of triggering Rudolph the Reindeer feature.
The global win Multiplier increases by +1 per tumble win, and it does not reset between spins. Any reel maxed out with 7 symbols will land the same amount of symbols for the remainder of the bonus round. This also awards +1 extra spin, and 4, 5 or 6+ consecutive tumble wins award +2, +3 or +4 extra spins, respectively. Non-UK players can buy the bonus round for 70 to 250 x the total stake, depending on the option you choose.
Finally, if you land Rudolph the Reindeer during the bonus round, he will award up to 4 extra wilds, up to +3 increase of the global win multiplier or up to +4 extra spins. When he appears in the base game you can get up to 3 extra wilds, up to an x5 win multiplier or up to 3 baubles activated on the Christmas tree trail.
The 200 Spins Santa's Big Bash Megaways Experience
We played in the base game for a while, but nothing exciting happened there. We decided to purchase the top-tier bonus round close to the 1-minute mark. The feature plays out for the remainder of the 3:24-minute highlights video.
Review Summary
Many studios don't create something other than a reskin for their Xmas release, so kudos for doing just that. Elements have been borrowed from other titles, but locking maxed out reels in the bonus round is an exciting way of putting the engine into a higher gear.
In a politically uncorrect twist, Santa's Big Bash Megaways focuses on alcohol being part of the Xmas celebration, and even Santa is indulging. This takes the edge off the usual coziness, and the Rudolph feature acts like a wild card. The 25,000x potential is solid.
| Pros | Cons |
|---|---|
| Tumble reels & up to 117,649 megaways | Beware of adjustable RTP ranges |
| Random Rudolph feature provides goodies | |
| FS w/ progressive multiplier & locked maxed out reels | |
| Win up to 25,000x your stake |
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