Need for Speed Heat

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  • Summary: Hustle by day and risk it all at night in Need for Speed Heat, a white-knuckle racer that pits you against a city's rogue police force as you battle your way into street racing's elite. By day compete in the Speedhunter Showdown -- a sanctioned competition where you earn bank to customizeHustle by day and risk it all at night in Need for Speed Heat, a white-knuckle racer that pits you against a city's rogue police force as you battle your way into street racing's elite. By day compete in the Speedhunter Showdown -- a sanctioned competition where you earn bank to customize and upgrade your garage of high-performance cars. When your ride's perfectly styled and hyper-tuned, and you're ready to ramp up the intensity, drive out into the night where you and your crew take on the competition in illicit street races that build your reputation and grant you access to bigger races and better parts. But under the cover of darkness patrols a rogue task force looking to bring you down and swipe all you've earned. Take them on and risk it all for underground glory or head back to your safehouse and begin another thrilling day. The roads, the risks, and the rides never end in this street racer where your crew rolls deep, your garage is full of hot cars, and the city's your nonstop playground.… Expand

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 18
  3. Negative: 0 out of 18
  1. 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]
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  2. 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.
  3. GameSpace
    Nov 29, 2019
    75
    A fully enjoyable game with many features that help keep the game from getting stale or boring.
  4. PC Games
    Nov 11, 2019
    70
    In the run-up to the test I actually had some concerns about the quality of Need for Speed: Heat. Its direct predecessors from Ghost Games didn't really convince me and also the game play event about a month ago left me with mixed feelings. But the finished game has become surprisingly entertaining. Sure, once again the story is not worth mentioning, the controls reminds of old arcade games and in terms of driving physics and damage model the makers didn't take realism quite so seriously. But if you don't mind that, or if you are looking for exactly that, you'll really enjoy Heat. Otherwise, the title offers everything a car's heart desires: extensive tuning options, action-packed chases and thrilling races - and all this in top graphics.
  5. Games.cz
    Nov 25, 2019
    70
    A playful driving model, plentiful tuning options, a career without microtransactions and an open city changing its whole identity with each dawn and each sunset. The sins of the past are gone, but the game is still way too similar to what you already know.
  6. XGN
    Nov 15, 2019
    65
    A cherry on top of the cake that is 25 years of Need for Sped, or yet another 'what could have been'? Need for Speed Heat has the potential te be everything that anyone can ever ask from a Need for Speed-title, yet it makes several strange choices that do not benefit the game. Racing is fun as always, the story is poor and customizing cars makes up for a lot. But a title that celebrates 25 years of Need for Speed? No, not by a long shot.
  7. The Overpowered Noobs
    Dec 13, 2019
    50
    Need For Speed Heat tries hard to be a game for car people with over one hundred vehicles and deep customization features. However, it alienates the genre's biggest fans with an overused storyline, over-the-top arcade physics, and a lack of wheel support.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 64 out of 177
  2. Mixed: 35 out of 177
  3. Negative: 78 out of 177
  1. 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 orIts 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!… Expand
  2. mishely12
    Jan 9, 2020
    10
    Best game! An open world, tuning, graphics, it all looks amazing. For 5 years, the best of NFS (2015) and Payback. Unfortunately, theBest game! 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.… Expand
  4. 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
  5. unluckyalways
    Nov 18, 2019
    5
    В игре убогий саундтрек, лишь пара треков подходят для гонок. Трассы ощущаются одинаково. Не знаю что по реалистичности вождения и дрифта, ноВ игре убогий саундтрек, лишь пара треков подходят для гонок. Трассы ощущаются одинаково. Не знаю что по реалистичности вождения и дрифта, но я не в симулятор зашел, чтобы получить реалистичное, так что управлению, в особенности дрифту, доволен. По-началу игра заходит, в гараже хороший кастомайз тачек, но позже все, абсолютно все в игре наскучивает. Может просто гонки уже не в моде? Пятерочку лишь за начальное влечение к игре.… Expand
  6. SpacePointer
    Feb 14, 2021
    4
    NFS Heat is a disappointment in many ways, just like the other 2 NFS games. in Payback, we were using w a s d and space for driving. In thisNFS Heat is a disappointment in many ways, just like the other 2 NFS games. in Payback, we were using w a s d and space for driving. In this one, you can just drive with w a s d. We were using space for drifting before, dice made it easy for us. If you double tap on w you can drift now. There is not any driving mechanic. Lets take Forza Horizon 4 as an example. NFS doesnt have to be like forza but this is too bad. Game optimization is bad, tiring the cpu more than other games. Grapichs are under avarage for me. NFS Underground has a better driving mechanic by the way. I Hope NFS gets better.… Expand
  7. jamakr4
    Apr 29, 2021
    2
    All right. I'll start with the good stuff.
    Tunning options: This is the biggest strength of this game in my opinion. There are very many    All right. I'll start with the good stuff.
    Tunning options: This is the biggest strength of this game in my opinion. There are very many modifications from spoilers to underbody lighting to modifying the exhaust sound. This combined with the licenses of many brands like Brembo and co is just awesome and it's really fun to tune your car simply because there are so many possibilities.

    So and that is it in my opinion already with the good stuff. Now for the bad

    Graphics: Permanently there are bugs and co and generally the game is not really diverse here. Before each race there is the same cut scene, that could have been done better.

    Multiplayer & Server: Here I can not say much except that it is really just really bad. There is a permanent message that the server will be shut down soon and sometimes you are kicked out of the online mode. If you want to race against other players, the first difficulty is to find someone. When this happens, skill doesn't matter anymore because whoever has the car with more power wins automatically unless he's really stupid. Too bad it could have been done so much better.

    Handling: The worst thing in my opinion is the drift behavior of the car. It is simply bad. It doesn't really matter which car you drive as long as the engine performance is good, you can drift with any car. You don't notice any difference between RWD & FWD & AWD. This should be present even in an arcade game like NFS Heat. Bad job EA!

    Speed: 300mph+ are no problem. Of course NFS Heat is not a simulation but it should be at least a little bit realistic. What EA has delivered here is really just missing the reality.

    Story:
    It is just monotonous and boring. It's not really fun and fortunately it's not long either. Then you don't have to spend too long with it. In the end you get a BMW that is much faster than everything else in the story, but when you get it yourself it is slow as a snail. What EA calls missions or so is neither challenging nor entertaining. The crash missions are the most pointless thing ever, because you take more damage than you deal and so you would lose automatically, but the AIs you are supposed to crash partly destroy each other.

    Police: Police chases are without a doubt part of NFS, but they are also so bad and not balanced at all. In principle there are a few spots where you just drive around and then you lose the cops automatically because they simply destroy themselves or are just too stupid.

    Small details: There is no first person perspective, you can't open or close the tops of roadsters and so on. Such small details would have been really great but EA has probably saved on the budget.

    In addition, the development was discontinued and all bugs and money glitches will probably remain forever.

    At the end of the day, these are not even all the problems of this game. Don't buy the game no matter how cheap it is. Free would still be too expensive. A score of 2 for the tunning.    … Expand
  8. bardo
    Feb 9, 2020
    0
    And you wonder why games are downloading torrents, this game is a prime example. Only 1 white guy to choose from, but a lot of black monkeys,And you wonder why games are downloading torrents, this game is a prime example. Only 1 white guy to choose from, but a lot of black monkeys, the music for some reason in general is all straight from Mexico with no single track to play, for CB music I only want to eat burritos. !! 0 10 just **** the game!… Expand

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