
- A new boat bonanza slot from PlayNGo
- Collect fish when the boats are active
- Unsure whether it’s as good as the original
Boat Bonanza Colossal Cash slot from PlayNGo is a new addition to the boat bonanza series. Fishing-themed games are as popular as ever and it can be quite hard to different from some of the other big players out there, so let’s see how this one fairs. Starting with the basics, it offers a bright and colourful theme that isn’t too over the top but looks clear and smart. There are 5 reels to play on with 4 rows, giving you a total of just 12 pay lines. Simply spin the reels and aim for a winning combination from left to right using the base symbols:
- 10, Jack, Queen, King or Ace
- Anchor or Gun
- Tinned Food
- Seagull
Boat Bonanza Colossal Catch Slot Bonuses and Features
Catch Feature. In this game you can land fish prize symbols, each of which have values from 1x up to 50x your stake. They can pay out for regular payline wins, but also their own value. This happens when the fishing boat above the reel is active. There are 2 of these boats above different reels on every spin.
Colossal Catch Feature. Sometimes, both the fishing boars will end up on the same reel. When this happens, a big fishing net is cast over the entire screen and all fish prize symbols are collected and awarded.
Free Spins Bonus. This is triggered when you land 3 or more scatter symbols on the screen at the same time. This gives you 10 free spins regardless of how many scatters you land, but 4 or 5 scatters also give you 20x or 100x your stake as an instant reward, respectively. During the bonus, both boats are always active, so any reel they land on will always have the values collected. In addition to this, you can also collect swordfish symbols. These are added to the multiplier meter. Once you collect 3 swordfish symbols you get a 2x multiplier and another 9 free spins. Another 3 will give you a 5x multiplier and 6 more free spins, another 3 a 10x multiplier and 4 more free spins and finally another 3 will give you a 25x multiplier and 2 more free spins.
Conclusion
Boat Bonanza Colossal Catch is a variation on the original boat bonanza which was a pretty decent game in itself. In this slot, you get the catch feature in the base game where sometimes all fish prizes on the screen will be collected. The free spins bonus expands on this by making both boats active at all times, plus it offers increasing multipliers and more free spins for catching swordfish. It’s not a bad feature, but I do wish the values of the fish themselves were higher as catching multiple fish with values of 1x or 2x your stake is hardly rewarding. It isn’t supposed to be a volatile game so the low prizes are somewhat understandable, but I think they could still be a fair bit higher and I’m not sure everyone will like this game as much as the original.