Need for Speed Heat

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  1. Myhlord
    Nov 13, 2019
    4
    I will be honest, I really wanted to like the game, but I don't. There's some fun to be had here, that's for sure. I will leave a couple of personal pros and cons down below and the problems I had with the game:
    Pros:
    -The map is pretty much on point, Palm City looks and feels alright. -Customization is nice -Car sound customization is awesome -Very aggressive cops is a big big plus    I will be honest, I really wanted to like the game, but I don't. There's some fun to be had here, that's for sure. I will leave a couple of personal pros and cons down below and the problems I had with the game:
    Pros:
    -The map is pretty much on point, Palm City looks and feels alright.
    -Customization is nice
    -Car sound customization is awesome
    -Very aggressive cops is a big big plus in my book
    -The Night section of the game is really nice, and the "take it all or loose it" feels really rewarding.
    -No microtransactions, at least as of now (I didn't want to have to mention this, because this should not be in fully priced games in the first place)
    Cons:
    -Graphically, the game does not stand out whatsoever (some really bad anti aliasing implementation, texture loading with delay, texture quality seems off too. Played it in 1080p - Ultra settings)
    -A very forgettable story and a very short one
    -A LOT of bugs, at least at the time of writing this review (game crashed 4 times in a single playthrough, the second time it did, it bricked my PC and had to restart it; car flipped over and refused to respawn, stayed like that for 15 seconds until I got busted because of it; a lot of other little bugs that kept bugging me, but I won't write all of them here)
    - Connectivity issues
    -Remained stuck in a loading screen multiple times and had to restart the game (my friend that was playing with me had the same issue at the same time)
    -Day time feels really bland
    - The soundtrack is utterly awful (at least for my personal taste)
    A lot of issues I mentioned above can be easily patched, no doubt about it. The series seems to be going in the right direction, but I just ended up not having so much fun with it.
    This was my personal opinion about it, nothing else.
    A solid 4/10 from me. Hope this helps someone.    … Expand
  2. AcosMaximus
    Nov 26, 2019
    3
    I was happy to hear from the internet that Need For Speed finaly is back better than ever . But I regret my descision emidiently. Several crashes, Texture popping, Framedrops and other bugs make's the game litterely unplayable. Performance is horrible even on High-end Machines. Not recommended for the full price.
  3. Light-DelaBlue
    Feb 8, 2020
    2
    lets be honest. the game are poorly optimised. and ine ultra? very ugly! i mean wow is like you get sandpaper and use it on your screen.
    the music.. damn they suck! is like crap you hear in basic popular crapy radio.
    the handling mhe is "ok"
    sadly i cant like this game i expected somthing a lots beter!
  4. ChristopherV
    Aug 27, 2020
    4
    I expected shaw to be more aggressive, maybe like sgt.cross? He had a nasty character, it made me put high hopes on him. But silly me, he was a total letdown. I expect him to take a revenge since he got exposed and got fired, but NO. THATS IT. Even police officers with corvette are more aggresive than him lmao.

    Mercer is also the same, i thought he will put some effort to take me down,    I expected shaw to be more aggressive, maybe like sgt.cross? He had a nasty character, it made me put high hopes on him. But silly me, he was a total letdown. I expect him to take a revenge since he got exposed and got fired, but NO. THATS IT. Even police officers with corvette are more aggresive than him lmao.

    Mercer is also the same, i thought he will put some effort to take me down, but he just trying to escape and got busted easily. Such an embarrasing plot since he drove the legendary m3 gtr. and again, i expect that torres actually had a hidden plan to take over the high speed task force. BUT NO. THE STORY ENDS. THE STORYLINE IS SO SHORT.
    I've building my rep till lv.44, planning to save money and bought the p1 gtr, but then the story ends without any of it necessary.

    I don't even know why some people prefer heat over payback. (In terms of storyline)

    I thought it would be better if the developer make a plot continuing the most wanted instead of overusing the m3 gtr for some cameos.

    4/10 is for the modification and the control.    … Expand
  5. TurtlTankEG6
    May 28, 2021
    2
    As a sim player, this is by far the worst gameplay for NFS out of all of them. Drift physics sucks, I cant remap keybindings on my controller, I cant use my E-brake, I cant use reverse on my shift knob, AUTOMATIC CLUTCH ON MANUAL MODE?!?! Completely destroyed my love for NFS. If you're a PC player and use a sim setup, don't bother getting this game. Controllers are fine but weird comparedAs a sim player, this is by far the worst gameplay for NFS out of all of them. Drift physics sucks, I cant remap keybindings on my controller, I cant use my E-brake, I cant use reverse on my shift knob, AUTOMATIC CLUTCH ON MANUAL MODE?!?! Completely destroyed my love for NFS. If you're a PC player and use a sim setup, don't bother getting this game. Controllers are fine but weird compared to most car games, putting the E-brake across from the boost button XD. Honestly the only good thing I really have to say is that they nailed the cops being pigs and the graphics on the cars as well as custom bodywork, that's a big jump. Still, overall hate it.… Expand
  6. LarenX
    Nov 21, 2019
    1
    It is look like LGBT Ubisoft style game.
    I grew up on NFS and each subsequent release of a new game in this series is a greater shame.
    The game is slowly becoming more and more childish, more and more bad... and the emerging new RACING games on the market beat NFS dramatically.
    This is so sad. EA please, don't ruin this IP anymore.
  7. Atomic-gt
    Nov 10, 2019
    1
    If it weren’t for the game engine FROSTBITE, it would have turned out not bad
  8. smilinmaniacc
    Apr 4, 2020
    4
    TL;DR: Graphics are eye-raping. Police sucks. Campaign is weird.

    Long: Filters broke the graphics. They went deep into chromatic aberration and doa filters, making any high-speed run like an acid trip. City is barely detailed, you can see these atrocious textures even under these garbage filters. Police has the most annoying rubber-banding ever. On top of that, nothing in the game    TL;DR: Graphics are eye-raping. Police sucks. Campaign is weird.

    Long: Filters broke the graphics. They went deep into chromatic aberration and doa filters, making any high-speed run like an acid trip. City is barely detailed, you can see these atrocious textures even under these garbage filters.

    Police has the most annoying rubber-banding ever. On top of that, nothing in the game tells you how to get police off your tail in this game. In MW it was special destructible areas, marked on the map. Here, I spent solid three hours with police cars gangraping me on heat lvl 2. I gave up and googled, and apparently you have to lead them to bridges now - again, nothing tells you this in game. In addition, once police chase starts, game pulls off an invisible timer - even if you are driving in a high speed, so result is comical situations like you escaping police and getting busted a second after.

    In-game characters are beyond ugly, they are terrifying. I get that it is a racing game, but fma, I want to vomit each time a cutscene comes up. Campaign has weird missions (both gameplay and storytelling-wise).

    Such a shame, because this games drives much better than last two. They were very close to make driving feel good. Physics/driving is not as good as lets say, Driveclub or Forza, but is enjoyable too.    … Expand
  9. Alexbfg
    Nov 27, 2019
    0
    зарегистрировался только чтобы поставить 0
  10. grzebyklive
    Nov 9, 2019
    4
    This game tries to be mix of every previous NFS games and does it badly. Story is boring, characters are bland, driving is worse than in payback and customisation recycled from previous games. Music during day races is few despacito alike tracks which sound same. During night some kind of DnB, Dubstep and Rap music, better but still not worth remembering. Map is lifeless, very wide roadsThis game tries to be mix of every previous NFS games and does it badly. Story is boring, characters are bland, driving is worse than in payback and customisation recycled from previous games. Music during day races is few despacito alike tracks which sound same. During night some kind of DnB, Dubstep and Rap music, better but still not worth remembering. Map is lifeless, very wide roads with no option for shortcuts in races, pop-upping objects, every race seems same. Worst thing is optimisation - on 1080ti, 7700k, 32gb ram this game drops often to 30fps. Crashes sometimes, loading loops for races and session closing (u lose all night progress so I'm warning you). IMO worst game from NFS 2015, Payback and Heat trio.… Expand
  11. Elrorropirrorro
    Nov 11, 2019
    0
    Alta poronga de juego Esto pasó por verificación?? Quién supervisó está mierda?
    Para nada al nivel del twister
    Muy decepcionado ',:)
  12. Expertvigorah
    Nov 15, 2019
    0
    3500 рублей за это? Да пошли вы в жопу с такими ценами, хер я дороже 2к игру куплю, у себя на западе за такие бабки игры продавайте, где народ 5к баксов в месяц имеет, а у нас на 20к рублей народ живет
  13. barfinup
    Nov 16, 2019
    2
    Do yourself a favour and just play Forza Horizon 4.
    At best NFS Heat delivers a very mediocre racing experience.
    I found it incredibly frustrating that there's no menu system, you can only get to game settings or even exit by going back to a house - I ended up just Alt-F4 closing the game if I wanted to edit game settings or when I'd finished playing.
  14. SparkyG
    Nov 9, 2019
    4
    Скучные, однообразные кольцевые гонки, непонятная графика для пк, прогрузки домов. По сравнению с пейбоком управление и физика машин с повреждениями хуже. Форза 4 как по мне гораздо лучше и интереснее, в нфс только больше внешнего тюнинга автомобилей.Скучные, однообразные кольцевые гонки, непонятная графика для пк, прогрузки домов. По сравнению с пейбоком управление и физика машин с повреждениями хуже. Форза 4 как по мне гораздо лучше и интереснее, в нфс только больше внешнего тюнинга автомобилей.
  15. Faunymaroo
    Jan 14, 2020
    2
    Boring, derivative and stupid. Such a poor game compared to Need for Speed Underground of a decade ago. Runs like crap on my decent PC with slowdowns (rtx 2060, ryzen 5 2600x), looks like Burnout Paradise, similar concept but done more poorly. Unlikeable characters. No consequences for crashing into everything, no skill involved, random police escapes and then often impossible to escape.Boring, derivative and stupid. Such a poor game compared to Need for Speed Underground of a decade ago. Runs like crap on my decent PC with slowdowns (rtx 2060, ryzen 5 2600x), looks like Burnout Paradise, similar concept but done more poorly. Unlikeable characters. No consequences for crashing into everything, no skill involved, random police escapes and then often impossible to escape. Just a mess.… Expand
  16. funboby
    Apr 24, 2020
    2
    Pretty awful effort here. The driving itself is pretty good, but that's where the "good" ends. The environments look unbelievably awful for a 2019 game. Especially when compared to other racing games such as Forza 4 which is a full year older but somehow manages to look 100x better. The character models are straight up out of a ps2 game. It hurts the eyes. The story and voice acting isPretty awful effort here. The driving itself is pretty good, but that's where the "good" ends. The environments look unbelievably awful for a 2019 game. Especially when compared to other racing games such as Forza 4 which is a full year older but somehow manages to look 100x better. The character models are straight up out of a ps2 game. It hurts the eyes. The story and voice acting is laughable. There are aliasing issues everywhere. The game performs like d.s. - a testament to how poorly optimized it is. I was getting sub 100 FPS on a 2080ti @ 1440p. I can't believe I wasted money on this game. I should have watched a review or two prior.… Expand
  17. Zeev
    Nov 23, 2019
    1
    After first race if you place second you cannot even restart the race.
    But after taking the second race you can.
    This is all because of this BS cinematic scenes.
    If I cannot restart a race and place 1st then I do not want to play this game.
    I am glad I got it with EA subscription.
    P.S The driving sucks.
  18. DoctorGonzoRus
    Dec 27, 2019
    0
    Хватило на 15 минут. Из такой крутой серии игр и в том числе Need for Speed: Payback которая внушала доверия что серия идет в нужном направлении хоть и черепашьими шагами но все же внушала и тут откровенно говоря обыкновенный высер... Лучше бы ее вообще не выпускали! Это насколько можно не уважать своих игроков думая что они все схавают даже такое...Хватило на 15 минут. Из такой крутой серии игр и в том числе Need for Speed: Payback которая внушала доверия что серия идет в нужном направлении хоть и черепашьими шагами но все же внушала и тут откровенно говоря обыкновенный высер... Лучше бы ее вообще не выпускали! Это насколько можно не уважать своих игроков думая что они все схавают даже такое...
  19. NobleWolfy
    Feb 6, 2020
    0
    I love Need For Speed game but this is not a game. The only heat this game has is the dumpster fire it started.
  20. CarryDeath1665
    Feb 26, 2020
    4
    Вполне обычный NFS, новые элементы геймплея, но что очень раздражает, так это МУЗЫКА, ни одного трэка который можно слушать, все раздражают и бесят, тех людей кто составлял список заставить слушать только Олю Бузову целый год.Вполне обычный NFS, новые элементы геймплея, но что очень раздражает, так это МУЗЫКА, ни одного трэка который можно слушать, все раздражают и бесят, тех людей кто составлял список заставить слушать только Олю Бузову целый год.
  21. X4OC
    Nov 9, 2019
    3
    Hra pro konzolové socky.
  22. subarusauruswrx
    Nov 11, 2019
    0
    They said that they would turn down the drifting on every corner they didn't. The cops are op as hell and will follow you to the ends of the earth. Also the story is only slightly less terrible than payback. This franchise gets worse every year. Please do not repeat my mistakes and stop buying this trash.
  23. ELREZA
    Nov 8, 2019
    0
    What an important thing you have done in these two years is embarrassing
    It's really ridiculous
    It is getting more childish day by day
    Your only masterpiece was building a MAP and weather
    I'm sorry.
    You have eliminated the need for speed.
    IT'S OVER GHOST GAMES
  24. ItaJohnson
    Nov 13, 2019
    0
    Well this is a bitter pill.. see, behind me on a bunch of shelves sits a working 3d0, a console i love because its both symbolic and has games like nfs, star control 2, and road rash. What was promised with NFS HEAT was a "return to the games roots" what was delivered was the same old thing... now with clothes.

    Yes clothes in a NFS game! it was at this point that i realized after    Well this is a bitter pill.. see, behind me on a bunch of shelves sits a working 3d0, a console i love because its both symbolic and has games like nfs, star control 2, and road rash. What was promised with NFS HEAT was a "return to the games roots" what was delivered was the same old thing... now with clothes.

    Yes clothes in a NFS game! it was at this point that i realized after decades of defending EA we can no longer be friends, because they are CLEARLY not making games for me ever again. This feeling was solidified when i realized the game didnt have wheel support on pc. Way to slap your core in the face EA!

    Im not going to say the driving is terrible, but its not great either. Nomatter how much we want to pretend ghost games is mostly the same people who worked for criterion CLEARLY something has been lost. A much bigger problem than the driving itself however is the abysmal track design, while some of them early in the game (and you have no right reviewing the game if you havent atleast beaten the game.. people who are giving it 10's) are "ok" as the game wears on you notice that some things you have previously driven through become things you cant drive through (stone walls, fences, certain kinds of guard rails) play a bit more and you realize they have seemingly strategically placed these materials behind bushes so you cant see them until its too late (mid race..) just to be jerks.

    I always (until the past 5 years or so) associated NFS games with amazing soundtracks, yea those days are dead. I think they got carlos maza to do the soundtrack or something because theres nothing here a straight man would listen to! Infact about 1/2 of it isnt even in english and i dont think there was a single guitar anywhere on it, i get it they wanted a "miami" feeling.. but theres more to miami than gay bars!

    So they have wasted money on the soundtrack and who knows how much paying somebody to make clothes (for a game that involves driving around IN A CAR) so why bother with a plot? I have taken dumps that had more thought put into them! Not only dont the characters have any emotional connection to the game, i straight up wanted to slap them! When the girl steals her dead dads car, wrecks it, and then her brother DOESNT do anything about it? I wanted to slap her for being such a stupid, selfish, millennial.. and HIM for being such a pansy! I also wanted to do the same thing when they crashed into the cop and she goes back for his laptop! Not to kick him in the balls, or take his keys, or shoot him.. nono lets steal the 1 thing we know FOR SURE can be tracked! Theres an entire faction (the board or some nonsense) that just sounds like they grabbed random voice actors off the street! Not only because the writing is SO bad but their delivery is soul-less (aside from the stereotypical asian who sucks at english.. but says really dumb things). This nonsense was NOT in the original NFS games and they were great.

    Lastly, the dumbest and most annoying part of this.. rather than having a cohesive game they decided to make night and day 2 different modes. Apparently they have lost the ability to just have night seamlessly slip into day and back, so you CHOOSE which it is going to be every time you leave the garage. SO you have 2 different checklists of things to do! Theres cops at night, but not so much during the day (they exist but i was never once chased) so the idea is at night you play for levels (rank) and during the day you play for money. While alot of people on the forums were crying about the cops i get the impression they just sucked or were trying to go at the whole game from very early on at night, because by the time you hit car rating 300 you are blowing in and out of chases all over the place. It still makes for a very tedious and jarring system though, the traffic is a bigger annoyance than the actual police, especially when you are trying to do something like stay over 210 mph for a goal, drift, hit a ramp, or speed zone.

    They did NOT deliver a "return to its roots". What they delivered as far as im concerned is damning evidence that EA isnt capable of making anything but disappointing games for casuals who have no memory of what they used to be capable of. I will no longer be defending them or purchasing their products (not just over this game, this was just the last straw.. anthem.. mass effect.. etc.) until they fire every SJW that has infiltrated the company and get back to making games for gamers. Clothes!!

    edit: review score 0 to counter all the absolute nonsense 10's, this racing games is thousands of miles from a 10.    … Expand
  25. DaveSphinx
    Nov 8, 2019
    0
    Crashing non stop to desktop with a 2080 Ti / 8086K / 16 GB Ram. All drivers updated. Thank you Ghost Games. Un-installing it until its working like it should.
  26. sursurk
    Nov 14, 2019
    0
    You can't even play the damn game without logging into EA's servers. I don't even want to play online. Had to refund the game because I will NOT support games as a service.
  27. DenisOff
    Nov 15, 2019
    1
    Дерьма кусок, ждал на предзаказе две недели сидел и в 12 ночи просто говна в глаза лопатой огреб.
    Графон на окружении картон, персонажи мутанты чернобыла сука.
    Оформил возврат, я в это дерьмо даже на взломанной пиратке играть не стану. Саундтрек убогий. На ультра натсройках графики вы блять лесенку будете видеть это где такое видано вообще? Физика тоже вызывает вопросы. 4к жалко -    Дерьма кусок, ждал на предзаказе две недели сидел и в 12 ночи просто говна в глаза лопатой огреб.
    Графон на окружении картон, персонажи мутанты чернобыла сука.
    Оформил возврат, я в это дерьмо даже на взломанной пиратке играть не стану.
    Саундтрек убогий.
    На ультра натсройках графики вы блять лесенку будете видеть это где такое видано вообще?
    Физика тоже вызывает вопросы.
    4к жалко - терь заебусь их возвращать...
    Короч полный провал...
    Простите меня конечно но у меня со старта сего убогого дерьма бомбит просто не по детски.    … Expand
  28. Kamikaze211
    Nov 8, 2019
    2
    First of all, I was waiting for this game, but I am dissapointed. To do drift with pushing one button and stick to the left? To have super powered car but cannot outrun police or CPU going with you? The most annoying soundtrack ever? EA did job and screw another great game as they always do. Forza 4 Horizon is far beyond this crap and I will stick onto it. Graphic is OK and story also, soFirst of all, I was waiting for this game, but I am dissapointed. To do drift with pushing one button and stick to the left? To have super powered car but cannot outrun police or CPU going with you? The most annoying soundtrack ever? EA did job and screw another great game as they always do. Forza 4 Horizon is far beyond this crap and I will stick onto it. Graphic is OK and story also, so one point for each.… Expand
  29. rastaz
    Nov 8, 2019
    2
    Totally disappointment. Only performance tuning changed after payback is good thing. Graphic is worse than other racing games of these days. Changed handling made game more uncomfortable and dull. This game is just Payback ver.2.
  30. frazzefraz
    Nov 8, 2019
    1
    Worst Need 4 Speed game ever. No wheel support, awful steering with gamepad and bad AI.
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 18 Critic Reviews

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  1. Positive: 8 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 18
  3. Negative: 0 out of 18
  1. Game World Navigator Magazine
    Jan 14, 2020
    77
    Lots of side-activities, barebones story and music that’s very unsuitable for driving – Heat is basically Payback without some of the latter’s shortcomings. [Issue#242, p.40]
  2. CD-Action
    Jan 10, 2020
    80
    It’s a festival of good and interesting ideas that were drowned in boring grind, features borrowed from Forza Horizon, and reggaeton. [01/2020, p.60]
  3. InsideGamer.nl
    Dec 21, 2019
    79
    Although the story makes no impression, Palm City feels lifeless and the police are sometimes frustratingly powerful, there is a lot of fun to be gained from this game, which offers more than many of the previous parts.
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