Big Bad Wolf Christmas Special

It is always nice to hear that a slot machine you like playing has gotten a Christmas makeover, as it can only be better and more detailed than the original!

Surely, such is the case with Big Bad Wolf coming from the Quickspin slot list and featuring same old little pigs fighting hard to keep their house safe from the evil wolf, all in Christmas clothing.

When it comes to features, luckily, they are completely copied from the original, so expect to see piggies going wild, free spins and multipliers!

Theme and Symbols

This sequel features the wolf re-entering the stage to offer you a fun-filled gaming experience with all the holiday feels.

If you have seen the original, then, the moment you load the game, you will see that not too much has changed, except for the scene being covered in snow this time!

The game revolves around the familiar story about the Three Little Pigs with the reel set placed in some countryside during wintertime and trees covered in snow and wrapped in Christmas lights. 

The evil wolf is placed on the left side of the reels wearing a Santa hat and waistcoat. 

As for the symbols, the specials feature the wolf's head acting as a Scatter, and a Wild symbol designed as a snow-topped beehive, while you will also find the full moon during the bonus round that will give you some additional free spins and multipliers.

Besides these specials, we have regular symbols that feature three piggies protagonists, one teddy bear wearing a Christmas hat, as well as 10, J, Q, K, and A royals. 

Betting Options and Other Functions

As mentioned numerous times so far, this sequel is pretty similar to the original, especially when it comes to its mechanics, so...

...expect to see the grid formed out of 5 reels and 3 rows while offering 25 fixed paylines. 

Before you enter this exciting story, you need to set your bets that range from 0.25 to 100 credits on every spin.

It is a medium variance slot, with an excellent RTP percentage of 97.34% and the maximum potential win of 1268x the total stake!

The lowest-rewarding symbols include 10, J, Q, K, and A royals, followed by a Santa hat-wearing teddy bear and the three little pigs. 

The highest-rewarding pig symbol rewards up to 12x the stake for five on a pay line.

However, the highest-rewarding of all symbols is the Wild, as it not only substitutes for the other regular symbols, but it also pays 0.2, 2, 10 or 40 x stake for 2, 3, 4 or 5 in combination.

Special Features

One of the main reasons why the original release was well-received from punters was due to its amazing pack of features, which is why the developers at Quickspin, did not need to change or add anything.

The first to mention is the game's Swooping reels – or, if you prefer more, Cascading reels – that removes all of the symbols that have participated in a winning combination and adds new ones, giving you options for more consecutive wins!

Next is the Pig Turn Wild feature that is also here to make it easier for you to form some winning combos. 

Pay attention to the upper right corner as this is the place where the three little pigs are shown, each with two empty circles below them. Every second win will turn one pig into wild, that will perform that role as long as you form new winning combinations.

So, if you are lucky enough, six consecutive wins will give you all three pigs as Wild symbols and help you form some big winnings!

Lastly, we should mention that the wolf from this story is not that naughty, as it is the only one that can give you some extra spins!

Land three of these symbols on the first three reels and you will trigger the main bonus – the Free Spins bonus!

When this occurs, you will be awarded 10 extra spins, and a payout worth 3x the stake!

Besides, if you manage to land another wolf trio during these special rounds, you will retrigger this feature!

But, that's not all!

The new symbols represented by the full moon is the one you will want to see as frequent as possible while spinning the extra spins.

Why is that, you wonder?

Well, collecting three of these will award an additional 2 free spins, while collecting six will award another 2 free spins, but also an x2 multiplier applied to any wins until the end of the bonus!

Verdict

The devs at Quickspin did not have much of a job with this slot machine, but that is only because they didn't need to, as it already had everything a punter needs – interesting theme, nice visuals, simple gameplay and amazing set of features!

If we have to list some negative things, that would be the low maximum potential and the fact that the developers waited seven years to create this Christmas edition.