Erics Big Catch Slot Review, Demo Play, Payout, Free Spins & Bonuses

Eric's Big Catch Review

Vikings were skilled fishermen, and they used both hooks and lines, spears, nets, and even traps to catch fish in both rivers and in the ocean. Eric's Big Catch is the first viking-themed fishing slot we’ve seen though, which makes it stick out in the overcrowded genre. This is no doubt a clever way to angle for player’s hard-won attention, and StakeLogic has come up with their very own fish prize catching multiplier bonus round system as well.

The latter makes this effort even more impressive, as they could’ve easily churned out a viking-themed Big Bass copycat effort and called it a day. Instead, you get Viking Walking Wilds that catch fish prizes for you during the feature, and they also award respins to prolong the bonus round. In addition, they can add multiplier values to the total prize win multiplier, for payouts up to 4,000x your stake. This innovative system is a breath of fresh air in this genre, and Eric's Big Catch is a fishing expedition you don’t wanna miss.

Eric's Big Catch Slot - Reels Screen

Eric's Big Catch Slot Features

You can turn on the Super Stake ante bet between any given base game spin, and it will cost you 2x your regular stake to keep it on. The benefit is clear as mud, however, as the paytable simply says “extra chances of hitting insanely valuable winning combinations”, whatever that means.

The premium symbols pay between 50 and 200 x your stake for 5 of a kind wins, while all the low-value symbols award 10x your stake for the same.

The Fish Symbols come with cash prize values between 0.5 and 12 x your stake, and these symbols can also form line wins. They pay 20x your stake for 5 of a kind, and the cash prize values cannot be collected in the base game.

The Bonus Round triggers from 3, 4, or 5 scatters anywhere in view, and this gives you 6, 8, or 10 free spins, respectively. The Eric the Viking Wild symbol can land on all 5 reels in the bonus round, and more than one instance can appear at the same time. As a wild, Eric the Viking steps in for pay symbols to help complete and/or improve line wins, and landing 5 wilds on a payline awards 200x your stake.

Wilds trigger a respins feature where the wild (or wilds) move one step to the left per respin, and the respins don’t subtract from your free spins tally. The Viking Wilds will collect all fish prizes in view as long as they are present, and they can sometimes appear with a multiplier of x2-x5 or x10 attached.

The multiplier can appear at any given respin, and the multipliers accumulate to boost the total fish prize win. The feature can be retriggered as well.

The Buy Bonus feature is available in some jurisdictions, but not in the UK for sure. If eligible, you get 4 choices from the menu. You can pay 100x, 150x, or 200x for 6, 8, or 10 free spins, respectively, or you can pay 170x your stake to get the randomized option.

The 200 Spins Eric's Big Catch Slot Experience

You get to see a larger fish symbol win in the base game, before we purchase the top-tier bonus round at 0:52 into the 5:30-minute highlights video. We caught plenty of fish prizes, including a few larger multiplier-boosted catches, and you can check it all out for yourself by hitting the play button below.

Review Summary

The fishing slot genre has been saturated lately, mostly due to the wildly popular Big Bass Bonanza series (and all the copycats that follow in its wake). For this reason, developers have to get even more creative to stick out, something StakeLogic definitely has understood. Putting a viking spin on the subject matter is clever, as viking slots are popular as well, and Eric's Big Catch also comes with some original and interesting twists in the feature department.

It’s a bit strange that the fishing rod symbol looks so modern, not least compared to the stone age spear, but minor details like that doesn’t stop Eric's Big Catch from being a highly enjoyable viking age fishing expedition. The moving wild respins concept not only prolongs the bonus round, it also increases your chances of catching fish prizes.

The multiplier system is clever as well, and we actually enjoyed this system more than the popular Big Bass Bonanza system. The 4,000x potential is decent for this genre, and this effort gets both thumbs up from us.

Pros

• Fish symbols pay up to 20x for 5-oak
• FS w/ walking wild fish prize collect symbols
• Wild/Collect can build total prize win multiplier
• Win up to 4,000x your stake

Cons

• Beware of adjustable RTP ranges
• Super Stake benefit not specified

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