Bass Catch Super Luck Slot Review

Microgaming's latest release seems to be suffering from a bit of a mid-life crisis before it's even out of the gate. Depending on which casino you're playing at, you might see this listed in the lobby as Bass Catch Super Luck. But the second you load it up, the splash screen proudly announces it as Bass Cash X Up.

Whatever we're calling it, this is a high-volatility fishing slot with a 96.20% RTP, and yet another entry into a heavily saturated genre. But before you roll your eyes and assume it's just another Big Bass clone, hear me out: the X Up multiplier trail makes this one worth a closer look.

Here is my honest breakdown of how it plays, where it excels, and what might drive you a little crazy.

Visually, the game is a bit of a mashup. We are underwater in a riverbed, but someone has clearly dropped an Irish luck filter over the whole thing. Your top premium symbol is a dog wearing a green leprechaun hat holding a fish, and the scatters are four-leaf clovers. It's a bizarre combination, and the game leans into it without apology.

The core of the game is built around a cash collect mechanic, and I have to be completely fair here: this is where the game will either win you over or lose you entirely.

Cash bass land on the reels with values from 0.2x up to 10x, alongside four fixed jackpots (up to a 1,000x Mega). However, these fish are dead weight unless you land a Fisherman collector symbol on Reel 1 or Reel 5. If you land a Fisherman on both edges, you collect all the cash twice.

This binary setup can be frustrating. You will frequently see a board packed with high-value fish and jackpots, only to watch them fade out because the Fisherman didn't show up. Regular "way wins" pay very little, so your entire bankroll relies on these collect hits.

What saves the base game from being a tedious grind is the X Up trail on the left side of the screen. Here is how it works, and it's brilliant:

• Red Scatters: Landing two awards a token, moving your active multiplier up the ladder (starts at 1x, climbs to 10x).
• Blue Scatters (Outer Reels): These permanently upgrade the ladder itself, eventually unlocking a 15x top tier.
• Gold Scatters: Landing one on Reel 1 in the base game applies your current multiplier to any fish you catch on that spin.

There's also a background Trophy collection running above the reels. Fill all five slots, and you trigger a Jackpot mini-game. These persistent features are a massive plus. Even during a cold streak of dead spins, you feel like you are building toward something big.

Hit three Red Scatters, and you trigger 8 Free Spins at whatever your current X Up multiplier is.

Before the round starts, the game gives you an Upsize option. You can pay out of pocket to boost your multiplier to a higher tier, and the cost is discounted by the tokens you collected in the base game. Or you can just buy the absolute max tier (15x multiplier) for 150x your bet.

During my test run, the Free Spins played beautifully. The cash fish density feels about the same as the base game, but the Fisherman collector appears way more often. I bought a max-tier 15x bonus for 150x my bet, and it returned a very respectable 229x after the Fisherman landed four times. On a natural trigger that I upsized for 9x my bet, I walked away with 42x.

Is Bass Cash X Up (or whatever it's called) perfect? No. The rigid Reel 1 / Reel 5 collect mechanic can be harsh, and if you hate seeing dead cash symbols on your screen, this game will test your patience.

However, Microgaming has done a great job of giving players a reason to stick around. The permanent blue scatter upgrades and the trophy collection give the game real momentum. And I have to give them credit for a very logical math model: the 15,000x max win isn't some arbitrary impossible number. It is exactly the value of catching the 1,000x Mega Jackpot with the max 15x multiplier applied.

• Excellent persistent progression (X Up trail) keeps the base game interesting.
• Upsize feature lets you discount bonus buys through normal play.
• Fisherman lands frequently during Free Spins.
• Logical and achievable max win math.

• Cash fish are entirely useless without a collector on the outer reels.
• Standard way wins pay very little.
• The Irish/Fishing theme mashup feels a bit confused.

A highly volatile slot where the multiplier trail keeps building while the base game stays quiet.