Baseball Fever (CQ9Gaming) - Review, Demo Play, Payout, Free Spins & Bonuses

Introduction

We are used to seeing game developers from Europe and America help themselves to Asian culture and mythology for their themes, so it’s refreshing to see a Chinese developer tackling the quasi-religious American phenomenon of baseball, making this fairly unusual among CQ9Gaming slots. 

It can only be a matter of time before Asian companies are taking on other parts of America’s cultural and historical iconography, like the Wild West. This is currently the preserve of games like NoLimit City’s Tombstone RIP, but watch this space. Therefore, it is with considerable interest that we embarked on this Baseball Fever (CQ9Gaming) slot review.

The Baseball Fever (CQ9Gaming) online slot uses a 5-reel grid with 3 rows. The minimum bet size is 0.60 and the maximum is 150. There are 9 regular symbols: Pitcher, Batter, Catcher, Fielder and the five highest-value playing cards. The wild is the Baseball Fever logo, the scatter is a baseball, and the free game symbol is a flaming baseball.

Theme, graphics and soundtrack

Any online casino slot that takes a baseball game as its theme is more or less obliged to follow the obvious path in terms of graphics. The setting simply has to be the sports stadium, and Baseball Fever has a very realistic backdrop with packed stands, blue skies, drifting clouds and the bright green of the diamond. 

The reels are opaque, so we can’t see anything but the furthest edges of the field, and the symbols representing the key players are fairly ordinary images. The animation is pleasantly reserved but the soundtrack is, frankly, a fairly horrible, cheesy piece of electro.

Baseball Fever (CQ9Gaming) RTP and variance

At the time of writing, the RTP and variance of Baseball Fever (CQ9Gaming) have not been officially recorded.

How to play Baseball Fever (CQ9Gaming)

1. Click the plus and minus buttons above and below the spin button to find the bet level that suits you. 
2. Your credit balance is displayed throughout the game in the bottom left corner.
3. After setting the bet, click on the small arrow that points to the left of the spin button. This will change the plus and minus buttons into the controls for autoplay and turbo play (marked with a lightning bolt).
4. If you choose to use the autoplay function, you won’t find an option to set the number of spins or any of the win and loss limits that are common in many online slots. Once you select autoplay, the mode begins immediately and will continue until you end it by clicking the square stop button, which has replaced the spin button.
5. To speed up play, click on the turbo play button.
6. There are two ways to spin the reels manually, either by clicking the spin button or pressing the space bar. 
7. After each spin, you are given the choice of paying for respins of any or all of the reels. Each respin will be charged at the cost shown on the reels. Only wins including the respin reel will pay out. During the respin feature, the wild multiplier will generate randomly.
8. The wild substitutes for all symbols except for the scatter and the free game symbol and appears on reels 3, 4 and 5 only.
9. If the wild appears on the payline, it will be multiplied at random by 1x, 2x, 3x or 5x. If 2 or more wilds appear, the corresponding multipliers are multiplied in turn up to a maximum multiplier of 125x. If you land 5 of a kind of any of the 4 high-value symbols along with one or more wilds, you will be awarded 5 free spins.
10. We support safe gambling initiatives like BeGambleAware and we encourage responsible gaming. Online casino games are purely for adults, and if you are not careful, you can lose a lot of money. We recommend you play online slots as free slots before committing any money so you can decide whether you enjoy the game. Never bet more than you can afford. When playing stops being fun, you should stop playing.

Bet sizes and paytable wins

The minimum bet size is 0.60 and the maximum is 150. 

The paytable values are for 3 to 5 matching symbols, and the highest multiplier for each symbol is as detailed below: 

Pitcher

5 = 600

Batter

5 = 400

Catcher

5 = 270

Fielder

5 = 180

Ace, King

5 = 100
        
Queen

5 = 80

Jack, 10

5 = 60

Baseball Fever (CQ9Gaming) bonus features

Scatter Feature

In the base game, if you land 3, 4 or 5 scatters anywhere on the reels, you will win 2x, 10x or 20x the total bet amount.

Free Game

During the free game, if a flaming baseball appears on the reels, you will win a prize that is the same as the win line that triggered the bonus.

Baseball Fever (CQ9Gaming) review: Our verdict

As far as free slots go, this is a fairly simple game. The payouts aren’t spectacular and the bonus features are quite modest. The most original element is the chance to buy respins. Beyond that, it’s probably not a game that will appeal to seasoned players but could be good for newcomers who want to find out what online slots are all about.

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