Gold Strike Bonanza

If you expect to find novelty when you fire up a new game, maybe be transported somewhere you've never been before, then it would be better to give Gold Strike Bonanza a miss. Practically everything from its ubiquitous mining theme, old fashioned appearance, and recycled features are unoriginal to an almost distracting level. It kind of made us wonder why you'd bother playing this and not the progenitor slots that came up with the ideas in the first place. It might not have been so noticeable if Blueprint had used theBig Bass Bonanzaconcepts with an interesting theme. But here we are, pickaxing for gold, one more time, with a bushy-bearded prospector all plaid and overalls. Gee, this guy gets around. There really isn't much to dissect in terms of gameplay. Gold Strike Bonanza certainly has the retro vibes the studio was going for, making it basically Fishin' Frenzy with nuggets. Solid symbol values are appreciated in the base game, and the bonus is where players get a chance to start reeling in the gold money symbols. To be fair, when you get down to it, the entertainment is just as good here as it has been elsewhere, and a prospector pulling in precious metal symbols does make logical sense. The game comes with Blueprints standard 50,000x win cap but the actual potential is no doubt far below that. However, the gold nugget symbols are higher here than they usually are - that 2,000x one in particular. It is also possible to win a larger number of free spins, plus you get an x4 on the second trigger rather than an x3. If you're partial to a traditional money symbol collection slot where everything feels familiar, then Gold Strike Bonanza should well suffice. Yet, there is a stack of these slots floating around now, and Gold Strike Bonanza's tweaks struggle to set the game apart from the bunch.