Ainsworth aren’t noted for their visual flair and Mystic Moon Big Hit Bonanza does look a little tired compared to the HD spectaculars you’ll see from the likes of ELK Studios and Thunderkick. With the bright full moon in the background, you’ll see A to 9 playing cards spinning around the reels alongside pearls, magical castles, crowns and dolphins. The latter 2 pay 8 times your total stake if you land 5 on a payline.
The moon goddess is the wild - she appears in stacked formation and can land anywhere on the reels in the base game apart from reel 1. Mystic Moon Big Hit Bonanza comes with 2 feature rounds:
Big Hit feature - this is triggered by landing 6 or more of the Moon scatter on reels 2, 3 and 4 on the same spin. Each moon awards 1 or 2 free spins. Before these begin, you’ll be awarded 3 respins. The moon scatters are held. Any moon that then lands awards a cash prize of between 1 and 50 times your total stake and the respins reset to 3.
When your respins are played out, you’ll go on and play your accumulated free spins. Fill the whole screen with moons and you’ll win the Grand prize which is displayed above the reels. The goddess wild appears stacked on reel 5 throughout the free spins.
Extra Big Hit feature - this round triggers at random. A giant moon will fill all of the middle 3 reels. You’ll then receive 3 respins. Any moons that hit award a cash prize of up to 50 times your stake, will lock in place and the respins reset to 3. If you fill the whole screen with moons, you’ll win the Grand prize. If not, you’ll be awarded between 9 and 18 free spins. Again, the goddess wild fills reel 5 during all of your free spins.
The other symbol to look out for is the Bonus. Land this on the middle 3 reels and you’ll win 1 of the Mini, Minor or Major jackpot prizes shown above the main reels.
This is a typical Ainsworth slot game - the visuals are pretty ordinary and the soundtrack generic. There’s a baffling bongo heavy backing track in the free spins which really doesn’t match the theme.
Mystic Moon Big Hit Bonanza is all about the bonus features though - filling the screen with moons and triggering the Grand Prize is what will keep you interested here. That aside, this is a rather ordinary game. If you’re not an Ainsworth fan, this probably won’t win you over – I’d rather play games from Iron Dog Studio.