A dusky street corner scene forms the backdrop to the reels in The Big Easy - those reels include glasses of bourbon, a jazz club programme, a shrimp and oysters dish, a street lamp, a saxophone, swirling piano and a street scene. They’re joined by a trumpeter and a female singer who awards 3, 50, 250 or 1,000 coins if you land 2, 3, 4 or 5 on a payline.
Keep a special eye out for The Big Easy logo which is the wild - as well as substituting for everything bar the scatter and offering payouts of up to 1,000 coins per payline, it also triggers the Free Spins Bonus feature. To land the feature, you’ll need to land the logo on 3, 4 or 5 consecutive reels.
Once triggered, choose 1 of the nightclubs - this determines how many free spins you’ll receive. Then choose 1 of the musical instruments which decides the multiplier on offer. The ranges of free spins and multipliers depend on how many logo symbols triggered the feature:
- 3 Bonus symbols = 8, 10 or 15 free spins with a 2x, 3x or 4x multiplier
- 4 Bonus symbols = 16, 18 or 20 free spins with 5x, 6x or 10x multiplier
- 5 Bonus symbols = 22, 24 or 25 free spins with 7x, 8x or 10x multiplier
You can re-trigger more free spins during the feature too to give you up to 50 free spins.
The Big Easy is an atmospheric slot game, conjuring up late nights in smoky clubs. The design is very tastefully done and works well. The range of extras isn’t wide but the free spins round offers some decent winning potential thanks to the multipliers.
This isn’t a particularly volatile offering as the variance is in middle - you can expect steady streams of smaller wins rather than anything that’s likely to break the bank. Saying that, you can win up to 3,000 times your stake on each free spin. If you’re after a slot game that’s smooth and classy rather than brash and frantic, then a trip to The Big Easy should do nicely. If you like big multipliers, Magic Castle by IGT should do the trick.