Big Hits Blazinator: Slot Overview

One of the enduring tropes in the online gambling world is burning licking tongues of flame, which seem to have been around for ages and continue to spark up on a regular basis. Tossing extra fuel on the fire is software provider Lucksome with its kindling contribution, Big Hits Blazinator. If you know Lucksome, then you'll likely have a sneaky suspicion Big Hits Blazinator is not going to be a run-of-the-mill feature light flame game. If so, then you're right because Big Hits Blazinator comes chock full of features and gambling options, intertwining with each other to fan the flames of a rounded betting machine.

At first, Big Hits Blazinator doesn't look anything special, not that it's probably trying to. Instead, players comfy and cosy with fire-coated retro slots get everything they're used to and little more. Not to say Big Hits Blazinator is as attractive as a smouldering pile of ash. Things like the symbols are quite striking, and flames animate at certain moments, making Big Hits Blazinator pop from the screen as much as this sort of game can. It's not quite Fire Strike 2 in the 'look at me' department, but it's up there.

Big Hits Blazinator's action unfolds over a 6-reel, 4-row grid matrix with 50 paylines for evaluating wins. Winning combinations begin from the leftmost side, and matching symbols must land on consecutive reels to trigger a payout. Lucksome has rated the volatility as 6 out of 10, so about medium, while the default RTP comes in at 96.09%. Base stakes of 10 c to $/€25 may be selected, and every so often, players get the chance to engage Lucksom Lock for a greater stake. More on this later.

On the pay symbols side, Big Hits Blazinator is classic all the way. From least valuable to most valuable are cherries, a lemon, an orange, grapes, plum, a watermelon, a white 7, a blue 7, a red 7, and a diamond. Hitting a 6-symbol winning combination pays 5 to 20 times the bet. Wilds hit on all reels in the base game, substituting for any pay symbol and paying out up to 250 times the bet for a 6 wild winning line. During Big Bonus Free Spins, wilds appear on reels 2-6.

Big Hits Blazinator: Slot Features

Features to cover here are the bonus scatter symbols, Big Bonus Free Spins, the Gamble, and Lucksome Locks.

Bonus Scatter Symbol

The bonus scatter symbol is the Red Fireball symbol. Landing 3 or more Red Fireball scatters triggers Big Bonus Free Spins. When this happens, clicking on one of the fireball scatters reveals the Big Hit Level for the free spins feature. The starting Big Hit Level is x10 to x50, yet it can be increased up to x1,000 in free spins. The more scatters that land on the reels, the higher the chance for getting a bigger starting Big Hit Level.

Big Bonus Free Spins

Big Bonus Free Spins start with 1 Big Hit on the meter. A Big Hit is classed as a win on the reels equal to or greater than the Big Hit Level on a single free spin. The number of Big Hits can be seen on the Big Hit Meter above the reels and decreases by 1 each time a single spin produces a Big Hit. During free spins, when wilds land, they are held in place until the end of the feature.

When scatter symbols land, they may remain as a Red Fireball or randomly reveal a Blue Fireball. Red Fireballs in view increase the Big Hit Level by up to 3 tiers, and they also increase wild multiplier values by +1 when landing beneath one. Wild multipliers in the same winning combination are multiplicative. When a Blue Fireball is in view, the number of Big Hits on the Big Hit Meter increases by +1. The max Big Hit Level is 1,000x, and the maximum number of Big Hits allowed in a round is 5. When reached, only Red Fireballs will appear on the reels, but they will not increase the Big Hit Level. When the Big Hit Meter reaches 0, the round ends.

Gamble

After getting a win of 5x the bet or more in the base game, players can choose to collect the win or gamble to try to win a bigger prize or win the Big Bonus. To gamble, two wheels are presented, one for wins, one for the Big Bonus. Clicking on one of the wheels instigates a gamble. Stopping on a green segment is a win; stopping on a red segment is a fail, sending players back to the base game empty-handed. Players can gamble for up to 500x the bet or 5 Big Hit Spins.

Lucksome Locks

When 2 scatter symbols are in view in the main game, Lucksome Locks is enabled (if the feature is available), and a cost to activate the feature is displayed. When activating Lucksome Locks, the 2 scatters are held in place, and the game spins. If no new scatters land, the gamble was unsuccessful. If more scatters hit, the Big Bonus Free Spins feature is triggered. Only scatters are active during Lucksome Luck activations, regular symbols cannot contribute to a win or Bonus trigger.

Big Hits Blazinator: Slot Verdict

Retro-designed fire slots are a staple of the online gambling world, but Big Hits Blazinator isn't your typical example of this kind of game. It's a lot more complex than they often are and ram-packed with additional betting opportunities. Big Hits Blazinator is full of features, too, though some of them will be better suited to players who like to push their luck at every opportunity, such as the gamble feature after hitting a 5x+ win in the base game or hammering the Lucksome Locks button when it appears. Lucksome Locks is a bit of a classic feature in its own right now, having appeared in some of Lucksome's earliest games like Divine Links, Joker Maxima, and Loki Lord of Mischief.

Big Hit Free Spins are new, though, and present a unique way of potentially picking up some cash. They create one of those unusual situations where you want to win big, but not too big too early, so you get time to not only rack up a few wins but just as importantly, if not more so, attempt to increase the Big Hit Level. Collecting a few extra Big Hits on the Big Hit Meter, thereby garnering extra breathing room, is a desirable outcome as well. It's a real tightrope because, as mentioned, you naturally want to win, yet not too much too fast. As for max potential, Big Hits Blazinator has a top figure of 10,000x the bet.

Once again, Lucksome proves it is a studio that isn't overly interested in following convention, even when picking a classic slot theme to dress up one of its games. Big Hits Blazinator might look generic on the outside, but smouldering away beneath the surface lies a set of features and mechanics that provide gamblers with a unique way of trying their luck - an interest in pixelated flames is optional.