Need for Speed Heat

 PC
User Score
5.6

Mixed or average reviews- based on 469 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 178 out of 469
  2. Mixed: 117 out of 469
  3. Negative: 174 out of 469

Review this game

  1. Your Score
    0 out of 10
    Rate this:
    • 10
    • 9
    • 8
    • 7
    • 6
    • 5
    • 4
    • 3
    • 2
    • 1
    • 0
    • 0
  1. Submit
  2. Check Spelling
view
per page
  1. Thatguy1254
    Jun 13, 2020
    10
    I'm putting a 10 because of all the edgelords putting zero. It's a solid 7.5. Easly the best NFS I've played since hot pursuit. It's arcadish and I like arcade racing. If you don't go play Assetto or forza. Lot's of cars, fun tuning with great customization options. Pretty game. I think they may have improved the chases as I find it relatively easy to evade the police in my current starterI'm putting a 10 because of all the edgelords putting zero. It's a solid 7.5. Easly the best NFS I've played since hot pursuit. It's arcadish and I like arcade racing. If you don't go play Assetto or forza. Lot's of cars, fun tuning with great customization options. Pretty game. I think they may have improved the chases as I find it relatively easy to evade the police in my current starter car with minimal upgrades (try hitting jumps).

    No technical issues running it at 3440x1440 (80-100 fps) on Ultra with a ryzen 3600 and a GTX 1080.    … Expand
  2. withinmyself
    Jan 1, 2020
    10
    TL;DR: After putting up with over-hyped and essentially worthless NFS games since Carbon, that streak of disappointment has come to an end. I have around 20 hours into Heat and I'm pretty sure this is my favorite Need For Speed game ever made.

    Need For Speed: Heat isn't going to change the world of gaming, usher in a new era of racing games or even bring redemption to the NFS    TL;DR: After putting up with over-hyped and essentially worthless NFS games since Carbon, that streak of disappointment has come to an end. I have around 20 hours into Heat and I'm pretty sure this is my favorite Need For Speed game ever made.

    Need For Speed: Heat isn't going to change the world of gaming, usher in a new era of racing games or even bring redemption to the NFS franchise. And from reading some of the reviews I'm pretty sure even devoted fans of NFS aren't even giving NFS: Heat the chance that it deserves.

    NFS: Heat is an open world playground in a Florida-esque city called Palm City. The metropolitan area, downtown and surrounding suburbs are incredibly well thought out. Some of it actuallly feels like places I've been before. So they nailed the open world. Which is good because you're going to spend a lot of time there. There are many bonus tasks to do while you cruise towards your next event. From running over lawn flamingos to jumping through billboards and even finding graffiti to add to your collection of art that you can adorn your car with. As you finish these tasks throughout different areas of Palm City you can unlock even more customization options for your car.

    One thing that grabbed my attention instantly was the plethora of customization, upgrades and cool gadgets that you can get for your car. I could be mistaken but I'm pretty sure this NFS has more customization options than any other NFS before it. You can even add a sound system. Which is insane and I have no idea what the point of that is but... Isn't that neat???

    NFS: Heat runs on two things. Money and Reputation. You can't get those cool new upgrades if you don't have enough money. But even if you do have enough money, some of those cool new upgrades are locked until you've reached a certain level. And you gain levels by, you guessed it, aquiring reputation. This brings us to one of the core mechanics of NFS: Heat. When you participate in events during the day, you earn money. When you participate in events during the night, you earn reputation. But don't worry. You aren't constricted to the confines of pesky time. You can simply switch to night or day anytime you want. There are a few idiosyncrasies to how that actually works but I'm writing a review not a guide book.

    The story so far is about as interesting as you'd expect. Rival gangs. Pissed off cops. Something about "Crossing the line.." or "...Going too far!!" Good news though. The game never pushes you in a direction that feels like you're forced to actually take part in the main story line. You can easily just grind to your hearts content. I've got 20 hours in and I've only done 2 of the main "quest" missions. So the game truly does let you play however you want to play.

    And while we're on the subject I just want to point out something that another reviewer on here actually pointed out first. There are no Micro-Transactions whatsoever. Actual grinding in an EA game. Who'd have thought it possible.

    The real reason I love this game so much. It's so much damn fun. I find myself smiling and laughing quite a bit. Sometimes if I'm trying to smash through a billboard that is like almost impossible to get to and then sure enough I go sliding off the edge of something and hit something else. Complete and utter failure. And it makes me laugh. It makes me want to keep playing.

    The races are fast paced and can be quite challenging. So frustration creeps up quite a bit too. But that's OK. I like to be challenged. Especially when I know that the reason I didn't win wasn't because it was something the game was lacking but something that I knew I should have done better.

    It's actually quite beneficial to have custom builds for different races. Each race will have a chart showing you if you'll need to have more gear towards drifting or maybe there's more areas that go off the track so some off road tires would be useful or if you have a long straight away then maybe having that 7-gear transmission might just be the difference.

    Now.... This is not Forza or Gran Turismo. You won't be getting that greasy. But that's the point. This is the sweet spot in between those games and straight up arcade style racing. That's always where Need For Speed needed to be and they've finally come back to that realization. I just hope they stick with this formula. Because if there's one constant in the history of Need For Speed it's that they'll never stop making games. Good, bad, great, terrible. We can always count on them to keep pumping them out.

    Alright... review over. I gotta get back to NFS: Heat.

    EDIT: I saw a couple of reviews saying something about having performance issues. Nvidia GTX 970 with i-5 6400 and 32G RAM It runs it so very smooth with no dropped frame rate at all with graphics at Ultra    … Expand
  3. k1ba
    May 12, 2020
    10
    Очень приятная графика, супер затягивающий сюжет, овер дофига классных тачек и неплохие саундтреки. Звуки, разрушаемость, атмосфера - все впечатляет в этой игре. Локация тоже неплохая, интересно исследовать, гонять по ней, еще есть немало красивых мест. Физика очень сильно понравилась, напоминает чем-то андеграунд 2.
    В общем я считаю что nfs heat - самая лучшая и удачная часть из всех нфс    Очень приятная графика, супер затягивающий сюжет, овер дофига классных тачек и неплохие саундтреки. Звуки, разрушаемость, атмосфера - все впечатляет в этой игре. Локация тоже неплохая, интересно исследовать, гонять по ней, еще есть немало красивых мест. Физика очень сильно понравилась, напоминает чем-то андеграунд 2.
    В общем я считаю что nfs heat - самая лучшая и удачная часть из всех нфс которые с современной графикой.    … Expand
  4. player99
    Dec 1, 2019
    8
    The best NFS game in a long time. It’s not perfect, but on the other hand I wasn’t expecting it to be.
    First of all the story is great compared to NFS Payback. Payback’ story was really childish and immature, whereas Heat has a more serious and credible storyline. However, it’s way too short and felt ’unfinished’.
    The gameplay is pretty enjoyable when you get a hang of it. You drive    The best NFS game in a long time. It’s not perfect, but on the other hand I wasn’t expecting it to be.
    First of all the story is great compared to NFS Payback. Payback’ story was really childish and immature, whereas Heat has a more serious and credible storyline. However, it’s way too short and felt ’unfinished’.
    The gameplay is pretty enjoyable when you get a hang of it. You drive mostly on asphalt roads and very little off-road, which I also consider a great improvement from the last game.
    The game also look good and runs rather well, in spite of occasional crashes.
    Heat is a step in the right direction in the NFS franchise.    … Expand
  5. Yattanisha
    Dec 6, 2019
    10
    An open world, tuning, graphics, it all looks amazing. For 5 years, the best of NFS (2015) and Payback. Unfortunately, the soundtrack leaves much to be desired, although the plot was not the main one in NFS, but still it was not so boring. In general, the game looks worthy.
  6. Miczelov
    Nov 8, 2019
    8
    Best game in NFS series from years. Driving model is much better than in NFS2015, or Payback. Performance tuning now is looking like it should be - similiar to NFS2015 (in which tuning was great in contrary to other aspects of the game), and no more speedcards from Payback (which was the worst way to make performance tuning in any game ever).

    I'm still in middle of the game, but story    Best game in NFS series from years. Driving model is much better than in NFS2015, or Payback. Performance tuning now is looking like it should be - similiar to NFS2015 (in which tuning was great in contrary to other aspects of the game), and no more speedcards from Payback (which was the worst way to make performance tuning in any game ever).

    I'm still in middle of the game, but story is "not bad" - in contrarty to last 2 instances of series, now its pretty convincing, and making player even more eager to play more, so he can upgrade his car, so he also can move story forward.

    Character customisation is also nice addition, but when you looking forall available options of haircuts, clothes, etc, you'll immediately see that it was made mostly to please LGBTQ+ environment... If you'll choose 4ex. male character, you'll quicly notice that you have many options of haircuts,and clother are... for female. Ofc, male character also can wear tham, and i don't have problem with it, but as straight male I'm disappointed a bit, that my avatar can only wear hoodies, skirts or bras, but there's no any suit. (and I just like suits!).

    Overall my score is 8/10 - graphics are nice, sounds either, gamplay is fun, story not bad, and physics much better than in last 2 instances of the series (which was also greatest drawback of both of them)..    … Expand
  7. triplemxreviews
    Nov 8, 2019
    10
    It is really good and is becoming one of my loved nfs games. Hope it stays that way.
  8. Artahnis
    Feb 27, 2020
    8
    I want to be very clear. I made an account just to review this game. I apologize if it's confusing, but you're also getting the ramblings of someone who grew up playing Need for Speed Underground, Underground 2, Most Wanted, and Carbon. I didn't touch the series again until 2012, when I bought the remake of Most Wanted for like 10 bucks. I returned to the series (and was an active memberI want to be very clear. I made an account just to review this game. I apologize if it's confusing, but you're also getting the ramblings of someone who grew up playing Need for Speed Underground, Underground 2, Most Wanted, and Carbon. I didn't touch the series again until 2012, when I bought the remake of Most Wanted for like 10 bucks. I returned to the series (and was an active member in the Need For Speed community) when the self-titled 2015 reboot that Ghost Games made was announced and released.
    I bought 2015, and while I appreciated the customization capabilities and what they game did, I found the handling pitiful, the gameplay very unrewarding, and ultimately pointless; everything was so expensive, but races gave me so little money. I had to do like three races just to get a Rocket Bunny kit. As someone who pretty much exclusively drives Japanese cars, this upset me. My BRZ looked the same as everyone elses.
    I bought Payback way after the release date, and while I found the Speed Card crap irritating, I found the gameplay incredibly fun and rewarding, and actually found the story of the game to be quite interesting, enough to make me want a story sequel to that game.
    So, now that we have my biases out of the way, Need For Speed: Heat.
    This game is fantastic. The driving and handling in this game, from all 100 hours I've played and in all the cars I've tested, is fantastic. Cars feel like they should. If they're heavy, they feel heavy. If they're light, they feel light. Each car is unique, and has it's own unique tendencies. A full drift build RX-7 does not feel the same as a full drift build 240Z, or a full drift build Mustang. A full grip build Mustang will NOT outcorner a full grip build Ferrari F40. They're all unique, and each car has it's own purposes. You can attempt to tailor the car to what you want it to do, but it might not be as good as other cars that are specifically built for that event. Going 200 mph in this game is bowel-loosening, and more so in cars that were not meant to go that fast; 200 in a Ferrari is quick, but 200 in a 1969 Dodge Charger is TERRIFYING.
    The cops are... strange. Initially, they were impossible. So much so that I legitimately refused to do night races for a while, and just did daytime challenges to earn rep (the game's form of experience) instead. But... then I got an Evo X. I don't know if the Evo X is secretly a jesus car, or maybe if I'm just particularly good with it, but cops could not keep up with me. I would hit fourth gear, and start flying past cops. It was insane. But, when they got to a higher level as well to keep up with my car, this game truly started to shine: the cops were trying to pit me, use rolling roadblocks, box me in so that a heavy hitting Rhino could have a head-on collision with my car. It was intense. Getting my car back up to speed again, I was able to start fending a few of the cops off, while sacrificing a fraction of my own health to ensure that the cop stayed down. The risk and reward throughout the game was very enticing, and encouraged me to both play more and try and push myself to do more challenging events and get in more intense pursuits, despite the occasional absurdity of the AI, both police and street racer.
    Speaking of racers, I dunno how to rank them. Some people have had challenges like where the car in first is just insanely faster than you and you just cannot catch up at all, but every time I did a circuit race, I often ended up lapping at least 3 other drivers. I can honestly say I don't think I did a single race without either lapping or having a minimum of a mile lead.
    Music in this game is trash, personally. There are a few songs that fit (and a few personal faves, like el Diablo), but for the most part it's just trendy trap rap. If you like it, fine, but I don't. I just listen to my Spotify playlist.
    And, my final point. Customization. Dios mio, the customization. If you played Payback, or 2015, it's similar, but even better. Unlike those games, where certain parts were locked behind experience walls, or crappy forced interactions with the world, you just... do. You craft cars into your own personal works of art. Different performance parts (these, unfortunately, are locked by experience walls) allow you to not only create unique cars visually, but mechanically. It's not just anyone's Porsche at the starting line; it's YOUR Porsche.
    What Need for Speed: Heat did wasn't necessarily original. In essence, it's a blend of the features from their previous Need For Speed titles. The risk & reward system from Rivals, the customization from their 2015 reboot, and the improved handling & physics from Payback. It hasn't done anything new. Ghost just let us off the leash, and let us go crazy. And I think they deserve all the credit in the world for that.
    Also, there's gonna be car packs and a map unlocker DLC. That's it.
    So, if you like street racing games, and miss Most Wanted or Carbon,
    Buy this game.    … Expand
  9. FuhrerUberAlles
    Mar 15, 2020
    9
    Cops.Just Cops..Everything is really good but cops are really annoying.They are not hard the are nearly impossible to beat.Like I said everything is really good(btw story is good,not perfect but good)They really nerf the cops.
  10. Solorax
    Nov 9, 2019
    9
    It is a good game! After multiple hours of playing it the game is still surprising me with new mechanics and good races. Worth the money!
  11. KOTHA
    Nov 8, 2019
    10
    Графика. Графика в этой игре ничем особенным не выделяется,но и плохой ее не назовешь,в 2к19 играть можно.Днем игра может вам показаться блеклой,но вот ночью игра выглядит просто сасно.
    Музыка. Это абсолютно на любителя,но наверное это тот случай,когда nfs действительно по музыке слабый,если вы не любите что-то окололатинское,то лучше сразу выключайте
    Сюжет.Начало действительно может    Графика. Графика в этой игре ничем особенным не выделяется,но и плохой ее не назовешь,в 2к19 играть можно.Днем игра может вам показаться блеклой,но вот ночью игра выглядит просто сасно.
    Музыка. Это абсолютно на любителя,но наверное это тот случай,когда nfs действительно по музыке слабый,если вы не любите что-то окололатинское,то лучше сразу выключайте
    Сюжет.Начало действительно может вас выбесить.Но сюжет раскрывается и затягивает уже по ходу игры.Огромный минус игры в том,что вы играете вроде как и за себя,но на протяжении всей игры у вас будет чувство,что вы второстепенный персонаж.Кат-сцены,а точнее,анимация лиц персонажей на уровне Sims 4,что идет игре явно не в положительную сторону.
    Физика.Над физикой в этой части явно поработали и теперь она действительно другая,так что к ней вам снова придется привыкать.Стоковые тачки это просто дичь:очень тяжело трогаются,и вообще они мне не нравятся,НО ДОЖДИТЕСЬ МОМЕНТА,КОГДА ВЫ СМОЖЕТЕ ТЮНИНГОВАТЬ ТАЧКУ!
    Гонки. Здесь ничего нового не завезли:спринты да кольцевые гонки,в общем классика жанра.
    Полиция. С этого пункта пойдут большущие плюсы игры.Начнем с того что полиция здесь действительно отличная без преувеличения.Она присутствует в мире и без сюжетных скриптов,в отличие от Payback.Эта полиция заставит вас по сложности словить флэшбек с Most Wanted,так как здесь также есть 5 уровней погони,и так же,как и в той игре,копы на первом уровне разыскиваемости будут кретинами,но чем дальше,тем интереснее.В этой части также есть носороги,заграждения,но всему этому придает абсолютно новые эмоции один параметр-РАЗРУШАЕМОСТЬ.Поверьте мне,если в вас влетит носорог,то для вас ночь считай закончится.Поверьте мне,ради полиции стоит купить эту часть.
    Открытый мир.Сам мир огромен без преувеличений,смена дня и ночи прямо из карты выглядит интересно.В самом открытом мире развлечения почти такие же,как и в Payback,с различием лишь в том,что теперь вы можете искать стрит-арты,которые потом вы сможете нанести на свою машину.Минус игры-в городе так же мало трафика,как и раньше.
    Тюнинг. Если сравнивать со всеми предыдущими частями,то в этой игре есть все,ну разве что гидравлику не завезли.Отдельно порадует внутренний тюнинг,так как убрали эти дурацкие карточки,вернулся этот принцип:поставил-поехал.
    ГРИНДИНГ. СПЕЦИАЛЬНО ЭТОТ ПУНКТ ПИШУ БОЛЬШИМИ БУКВАМИ.В ЭТОЙ ИГРЕ НЕ НАДО ГРИНДИТЬ,МОЖНО ПРОЙТИ ВСЮ ИГРУ БЕЗ ЕДИНОГО ПЕРЕПРОХОЖДЕНИЯ,.(одно но,что при этом надо проходить все гонки почти идеально,но вы это не видели).
    Вердикт:эта игра действительно хороша,если ее ставить,по крутости,то она будет на уровне Carbon и Hot Pursuit,но она не дотягивает до Most Wanted и Underground 2.Направление взято верное,но Ghost Games еще есть,что улучшать,чтобы мы получили "тот самый нфс"    … Expand
  12. App1elele
    Nov 9, 2019
    8
    Physics are arcade-ish, but quite enjoyable;
    Story is OK for a racing game;
    The city and the map are nice but they feel kinda dead; Tuning is incredible; AI overall is a bit stupid but can't say the same about cops AI; Pursuits are entertaining af but without lovely features that were in previous games (Pursuit breakers in MW, spikes, EMP in HP 2010); Music..... eh, it makes you    Physics are arcade-ish, but quite enjoyable;
    Story is OK for a racing game;
    The city and the map are nice but they feel kinda dead;
    Tuning is incredible;
    AI overall is a bit stupid but can't say the same about cops AI;
    Pursuits are entertaining af but without lovely features that were in previous games (Pursuit breakers in MW, spikes, EMP in HP 2010);
    Music..... eh, it makes you wanna puke. Worst soundtrack in the entire NFS series IMO;
    Graphics are nice.

    Well, the game overall is really enjoyable. And it's finally a GOOD NFS! I still wish for better but at least developers got the right (almost) view on Need For Speed series.    … Expand
  13. predator_9
    Nov 8, 2019
    10
    First of all, I just wanna say I created this account to say that this game is an emotional return to the glory days of need for speed series. It captures every good aspects taken from the great nfs titles like most wanted (2005), underground 2, pro street and carbon. The game doesn't get boring by no means. Of course just like any other previous nfs titles, you have to participate inFirst of all, I just wanna say I created this account to say that this game is an emotional return to the glory days of need for speed series. It captures every good aspects taken from the great nfs titles like most wanted (2005), underground 2, pro street and carbon. The game doesn't get boring by no means. Of course just like any other previous nfs titles, you have to participate in different types of races to win money. This is really different from payback as the city is more living, the story is more interesting and of course the cops level is really competitive. The ai level is ok, if your car rating is more than the recommended rating in any specific race you're selecting, you're good. The driving physics is of course arcade and I'm loving the new drifting physics. The customization is outstanding with loads of options available to customize your car and FINALLY NO SPEEDCARDS from payback. The graphics looks great. Now, I would want EA to kinda tweak the photo mode a little bit because it's kinda tricky and annoying to work with but other than everything is good. If you just wanna have fun and race with your friends and hang around and wanna host car meets and stuff, this game is a way to go, it gives more pro street, underground 2, and carbon as in general. Also, I like one of the most important of the game is that you can play offline and people who don't want to multiplayer can play offline. The customization was good considering I ran this game on my 1050 ti, and i5 6600k, 8gb on ultra settings except v-sync, motion blur disabled and shadows set to high (not ultra) on 1080p, compare to extremely high end rig like 1080 ti with i990k.. I achieved constant 50-60 fps throughout the game and only rarely I dropped under 50 fps..… Expand
  14. Neo84
    Nov 8, 2019
    10
    This Need for Speed is after long Time and much bad Need for Speed before, the best i Have played.
    Ghost Games have do good work with this, and i think is a reborn of the NFS Series!
  15. Keph
    Nov 9, 2019
    8
    Seit lange mal wieder ein relativ gutes NFS also eins der bessern die letzten waren ja eher so meh
  16. oceansoul1987
    Nov 8, 2019
    10
    Its a very good Need for Speed so far. I love the settings and gameplay. The plot is ok - but not more. it not so **** like NFS 2015 or Payback! The World is beautiful but ..a bit empty. Weathereffects are outstanding. Heat does have its problems - but nothing that can't be fixed with a patch. Performance is very good with High Framerate. I love it so far!
  17. ChiefRobber
    Nov 8, 2019
    10
    Новая heat при солнечной погоде выглядит просто офигенно,очень приятная и дружелюбная кратинка... Дождя в игре много и он и правда красив, намного лучше чем в nfs 2015. В игре много шероховатостей, скомканных анимаций, таких как сминание кустов или как машина сносит столб на скорости 0,5 км/час. Но в остальном выглядит отлично.

    Ночные гонки вообще преображают игру. Начинается такой    Новая heat при солнечной погоде выглядит просто офигенно,очень приятная и дружелюбная кратинка... Дождя в игре много и он и правда красив, намного лучше чем в nfs 2015. В игре много шероховатостей, скомканных анимаций, таких как сминание кустов или как машина сносит столб на скорости 0,5 км/час. Но в остальном выглядит отлично.

    Ночные гонки вообще преображают игру. Начинается такой настоящий nfs с полицией. Кстати, время суток можно выбирать в любое время прямо на карте. Копы в игре такие настоящие и с юморком в переговорах, типа "Тут один чмошник решил что ему все можно". В общем постоянно прикалываются на до мной по рации. Гонка кстати не прекращается если на копов нарвались.

    Управление машиной действительно стало лучше, намного лучше чем в payback. В новой nfs не утюги, это точно. Прокачка идет за счёт гонок. При чем чтобы открыть новое сюжетное задание надо докачаться проходя гонки на карте. И игра все таки живая между прочим. Еду по дороге, любуюсь и вдруг голос по рации ехидно спрашивает, чего это ты не на гонках? Главный герой - как догадалась? А девушка - голос у тебя спокойный!. В общем сплошной стеб и приколы. Игра к тому же современная - все ходят со смартфоном с двойными и тройными камерами, постоянно все снимают на них, монтируют ролики. И даже полиция в теме. Я ушел от погони, а диспетчер копам - упустили! Ну не удивляйтесь тогда если вас засрут утром в соцсетях!

    А ещё в игре просто тонны брендов одежды - главного героя можно одеть как хочешь - есть найк, адидас, каппа и другие. Как оденешь (обувь, штаны, верхняя одежда, прическа, кепка, очки, маска) так и будет он выглядеть в гараже, за рулём и в кат-сценах. Круто! В гараже тоже одни приколы и перепалки с механиком. В общем молодцы EA, вот от души. Такой срез современности в формате гонок.

    В игре много пафоса, самолюбования, всякие крутые экраны загрузки. И музыка. Очень понравилось. Наконец-то в nfs не бездушный ost, а запоминающиеся композиции. При чем они разные. Днем это такие как будто испанские мелодичные мотивы и романтичные мелодии. А ночью такой жесткий прогрессив и рэп, крутой музон, похожий на ost из NFS 2015.

    Уверен что игру ещё будут патчить и много. Потому что сносить деревья как будто они из бумаги - это не правильно. Две раза игра у меня вылетала. Кстати она работает без интернета и в любой момент можно поставить гонку на паузу. В общем, я ее беру однозначно. В игре совместили nfs 2015 и payback, прокачали и добавили много нового, чего раньше не было в серии. После 4 часов в heat, payback стал выглядеть как бета-версия этих гонок.

    Сейчас по моему мнению, именно у этой части Need for Speed есть все шансы стать культовой гонкой в рамках NFS и вернуть любовь фанатов.

    P.S. очень понравилась поведение камеры при столкновениях. Выглядит круто и современно.    … Expand
  18. PizzaSubCombo
    Nov 8, 2019
    8
    Though I could do without the cringey story, and the cops get a bit redundant once you've built a 1,200hp land missle, Ghost have somehow managed to make a hybrid of Underground 2, Pro Street, and Rivals that is incredibly enjoyable. The game is packed with content and most importantly, stays far away from any greedy monetization tactics EA has been known for in the past. Easily the bestThough I could do without the cringey story, and the cops get a bit redundant once you've built a 1,200hp land missle, Ghost have somehow managed to make a hybrid of Underground 2, Pro Street, and Rivals that is incredibly enjoyable. The game is packed with content and most importantly, stays far away from any greedy monetization tactics EA has been known for in the past. Easily the best NFS game since the series' jump to the PS4/X1 generation of consoles.… Expand
  19. rBose
    Nov 16, 2019
    8
    Solid 8 out of 10, fantastic musical playlist, great graphics and awesome cars! In my opinion it is far better than payback, its worth a try
  20. venomtail
    Nov 17, 2019
    8
    A fun new enjoyable NFS and a great successor to NFS MW and NFS 2015. The biggest improvement out of everything when compared to the last few NFS games are the new cops. They provide a nice difficult challenge at the higher heats that carry certain risk, such as losing progress. This gives the chases much more meaning and adrenaline when you have the last 30 minutes of racing on the line.A fun new enjoyable NFS and a great successor to NFS MW and NFS 2015. The biggest improvement out of everything when compared to the last few NFS games are the new cops. They provide a nice difficult challenge at the higher heats that carry certain risk, such as losing progress. This gives the chases much more meaning and adrenaline when you have the last 30 minutes of racing on the line. This is exactly what the community wanted and what Ghost got wrong in Payback. Because of this these are just as intense cop chases as they were back in the day in Most Wanted in your M3.

    The story is much better than what was in Payback, and there are certain voice dialogs between the characters in the open world that have purpose and give them dept. Is it as good as 2015's? No, but very close.

    Music is 50/50. Some of the Latin tracks are really good where as some are hard techno and just seems way out of place.

    The biggest issues would be the world. Not as empty as the one in Payback but could do some work. There's lots of great potential here.

    And also on launch day there is no (speedlists) PvP racing lobbies like there were in 2015 and Payback. I have been told this is a later update however.    … Expand
  21. Marisiano
    Dec 6, 2019
    10
    Превосохдная игра, неужели EA сделали наконец-то гонку?. Крутая кастомизация, графика больше открывает себя в ночное время, сами гонки конечно и атмосфера. Единственынй минус это музыка - испанские мотивы не подходят драйвовай и аркадной гонке. Игра реиграбильна, её можно пройти несколько раз, если каждый раз не прокачивать одну и туже машину. Так в целом лучшая Need for Speed за последниеПревосохдная игра, неужели EA сделали наконец-то гонку?. Крутая кастомизация, графика больше открывает себя в ночное время, сами гонки конечно и атмосфера. Единственынй минус это музыка - испанские мотивы не подходят драйвовай и аркадной гонке. Игра реиграбильна, её можно пройти несколько раз, если каждый раз не прокачивать одну и туже машину. Так в целом лучшая Need for Speed за последние 5 лет.… Expand
  22. Tubiagola
    Nov 10, 2019
    10
    Absolutely amazing! Best NFS to date. You need to play it for a while and with friends.
  23. vabyo11
    Nov 12, 2019
    10
    Best racing game in 2019. Feel like Pro Street + Most Wanted 2005 + Underground..
  24. Vexjel
    Nov 22, 2019
    9
    Best NFS in years. I played most of them. If they add drag races and more music (but better) it will be much better than Underground 2.
  25. Zefir0485
    Nov 9, 2019
    9
    NFS Heat is much better than payback. Tuning has become more diverse, the fleet is much larger, and the cops are even meaner. For me, NFS Heat was the game of the year!
  26. Waterfront
    Nov 10, 2019
    10
    The best part of the game in recent years. The game combines the best ideas and emotionally returns in the days of "the same NFS"
    Ghosts, great job
  27. Luka1998010
    Nov 13, 2019
    8
    Need for Speed Heat is so far the best recent title in the series BUT there are things that i, personally do not like at all.
    First, the good things.
    +Car list +Very improved handling +Customization +Weather +Graphics +Activities +Soundtrack And now, the cons -Health bar. I absolutely hate this feature. For me, it ruins the whole thrill of smashing cops like in MW for an    Need for Speed Heat is so far the best recent title in the series BUT there are things that i, personally do not like at all.
    First, the good things.
    +Car list
    +Very improved handling
    +Customization
    +Weather
    +Graphics
    +Activities
    +Soundtrack
    And now, the cons
    -Health bar.
    I absolutely hate this feature. For me, it ruins the whole thrill of smashing cops like in MW for an example.
    Sure, it gives you a andrenaline rush but its not really great when your health is half gone and you got Heat 5 coming after you with 0 repairs left.
    -BUSTED METER
    Yes, the busted meter. You are probably wondering why ? Well, because it is possible to get busted while driving at a decent speed.
    I was caught multiple times that way and it is really annoying.
    Hopefully it gets patched in the first update because its just stupid.

    Overall, i love the game, its very fun, addictive and gives you a lot.    … Expand
  28. FaceMace87
    Nov 12, 2019
    8
    Firstly I want to say that anyone giving this game a 0 are just morons that either a) haven't played the game or b) are just terrible at it.

    This game is not perfect (hence the 8) but it is very good and is a massive step in the right direction for the franchise after the last few entries. The good: Graphics Car variety Customisation The race scaling The driving physics The    Firstly I want to say that anyone giving this game a 0 are just morons that either a) haven't played the game or b) are just terrible at it.

    This game is not perfect (hence the 8) but it is very good and is a massive step in the right direction for the franchise after the last few entries.

    The good:
    Graphics
    Car variety
    Customisation
    The race scaling
    The driving physics

    The mediocre:
    The world
    The story

    The bad:
    Characters
    Police chases

    Need for Speed was always meant to be the relationship between you and your car, taking it from an old **** to something to marvel at. This has returned in Heat, you can do so much with your cars that you can easily take something ordinary and make it extraordinary.

    Anyone complaining about the story are just idiots, this is a racing game, not The Last of Us.

    The driving physics are good for what the game is, if you wanted simulation level physics, go and play a simulation racer.

    Money is easy to come by so it never feels unattainable to get those parts onto your car. The level of customization is thankfully very good, I am glad they have a community feature for paintwork, decals etc. I appreciate a nicely presented car but I have the artistic flair of a baboons arse so I never manage to get the look I want. With the community option however I can make use of the work of people far more artistically talented than myself.

    Sure I have put down a few things as mediocre but they are things I expected to be mediocre so I cannot and will not hold that against the game. My only real gripe are the police chases. They are far too difficult when you get to heat level 3 or above, I understand things are meant to get more difficult but it gets to the point of being insurmountable regardless of the car you have, you never feel like you have any change of getting away when you get to heat level 4 and 5. I think if EA scale back the difficulty of the police chases slightly in heat levels 3+ I would find this game even better and it would merit a 9 in my eyes.

    Performance is also good, i can get 80+ fps at 1440p all ultra on a 6700k, 32gb ram and 2080.    … Expand
  29. Atag0
    Nov 10, 2019
    10
    I played the Game 40 Hours straight and i must say it was awesome. The Day and Night dynamic was truly engaging and the risk of losing it all drives with me every time. The Cop chases are no joke and really fun. I love that you can unlock cars from older games so you can truly feel at home as a need for speed fan!
  30. Haganu
    Nov 10, 2019
    9
    The feeling you get when escaping a max heat pursuit in this game is something not a single racing game I have ever played comes close to. And that's not even talking about the multiplier.
    It's way different than Most Wanted and Carbon did the police chases, but the way Ghost Games did it in this game is equally good.
    The optimization could be better, but aside from that I'm satisfied    The feeling you get when escaping a max heat pursuit in this game is something not a single racing game I have ever played comes close to. And that's not even talking about the multiplier.
    It's way different than Most Wanted and Carbon did the police chases, but the way Ghost Games did it in this game is equally good.

    The optimization could be better, but aside from that I'm satisfied with what Ghost Games delivered.
    More so than with Payback, for sure.    … Expand
prev
Page:

Awards & Rankings

28
#28 Most Discussed PC Game of 2019

Critic Reviews

All reviews »
Metascore
72

Mixed or average reviews - based on 18 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  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.
    Read full review
See all critic reviews »