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  1. Sep 8, 2023
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Story campaing: 8 - Nice story with the corrupt cops and ending with the pursuit with the BMW GTR, but in general it doesn't feel dangerous and aggressive story.
    Car list: 8 - Has exotics/super sports cars instead of focusing on the street sports cars, what could make more sense with the story campaing;
    Car visual modification: 10
    Driving experience: 5 (car movements do not respond precisely)
    Pursuit : 5 (Cops spawns just in front of the player out of nowhere)
    Racing rivals: 5 (Depending of the car performance level, opponents are defeated easly)
    Interface menu: 8
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  2. Jun 19, 2023
    7
    Personally, i'ts a good game but it's not perfect. As EA always made, Heat has good graphics and the music and the atmosphere is cool. However, on balance, I still think the city is empty. I believe the narrative, dialogues and controls is far better than the other one. No doubt.
    In conclusion, it's not very difficult to improve in compare than the previous but it's not perfect. It's
    Personally, i'ts a good game but it's not perfect. As EA always made, Heat has good graphics and the music and the atmosphere is cool. However, on balance, I still think the city is empty. I believe the narrative, dialogues and controls is far better than the other one. No doubt.
    In conclusion, it's not very difficult to improve in compare than the previous but it's not perfect. It's necessary polish to be a great game.
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  3. Jun 6, 2023
    7
    ‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎
  4. Jan 31, 2023
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Story was cut too short, lack of character development in the story, limted amount of cars to choose from, and the game was abandoned less than a year in. This led to a player count fallout, many unfixed bugs amd glitches, and overall an unfinished game that was promised to be completele. Expand
  5. Dec 20, 2022
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Similar in many ways to the previous NFS titles, with really good graphics and great vehicle customization. The driving style variations leave something to be desired, and the story is a 6/10, 7.5/10 at best. The story is also quite short, you get a few hours of gameplay. Still a very fun game and worth it if you're looking for a laid back arcade racer. Expand
  6. Dec 8, 2022
    7
    Quick background on me the reviewer, I tend to like single player games that is heavy on narrative the most. I also play a lot of racing games and use to play multiplayer games in my high school days but now that it's hard for me and my friends to find a good time to link up so now it’s rare for me to get into a multiplayer game. Up to try any genre of games and sometimes I find somethingQuick background on me the reviewer, I tend to like single player games that is heavy on narrative the most. I also play a lot of racing games and use to play multiplayer games in my high school days but now that it's hard for me and my friends to find a good time to link up so now it’s rare for me to get into a multiplayer game. Up to try any genre of games and sometimes I find something new that I didn't think I'd like. I own a PC (built by me), Xbox One X, Xbox Series X, PS3, PS4, PS5, and a Switch. I prefer Playstation due to their focus on narrative games. For scoring, I’ll be using the Gameinformer review scale and of course influenced by my personal opinions.

    (7) Average. The game’s feature may work, but are nothing that even causal players haven’t seen before.

    It’s better overall then the last few Need for Speed but not up to par with their golden age of making good racing games. There are still some annoying features for me to go higher than a seven. My first 10 hours I thought the AI was easy but once I got to a performance of 250 and a rep level of 18 the non-story missions seemed to have a wide range of AI. For example, the last three AI cars would fall way behind quick and I would lap them by the end of the race, the 3rd-2nd placed AI cars would be perfect to race with, and the leader would always stay 150-300 yards in front of you even if you had a perfect race and a met requirement vehicle. It was weird to experience since the campaign missions didn’t do that. I also had an issue with tuning. I would set my car to on-road/track setting but I felt like drifting in turns was still required to be quicker. I like racing games that have a more realistic handling model so drifting should not be a thing if you’re setting up a race trim car. I don’t like how upgrading your vehicle is just selecting a higher tear of parts instead of real parts too. The police is a little too hard too. Just a couple of hits and your vehicle is probably toast in heat 3 or higher. It wouldn’t be a bad thing if your car was able to deal out the same damage to their car but they are like five times stronger than you.
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  7. Dec 29, 2021
    6
    In many ways, it's similar to the old school Need for Speed games, which I like, but there are some questionable mechanics that make the game frustrating to play.

    Drifting is very bad, so the best way to play the game for most of the time is to use a grippy car. The police is very aggressive, and I really despise the fact that you gain REP only during night time, it's very annoying to
    In many ways, it's similar to the old school Need for Speed games, which I like, but there are some questionable mechanics that make the game frustrating to play.

    Drifting is very bad, so the best way to play the game for most of the time is to use a grippy car.

    The police is very aggressive, and I really despise the fact that you gain REP only during night time, it's very annoying to grind levels while getting wrecked by the police.

    On the bright side the car customization is fantastic, probably one of the best in the series, buying cars and customizing them is very fun.

    Also I really like the "street racing" vibe, recent Need for Speed games lacked this but Heat brings it back.

    Final Rating: "Decent" ~ 6/10.
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  8. Nov 17, 2022
    6
    I got this game on sale for 5 bucks and to be honest, I still want my money back because this game is terrible. The cop chases are really boring and you'll probably never get more than 3 cops behind you.
    The driving is great but the races are repetative. And story missions dont have a real story i mean one time you got to kick over one cop and the other time some clan wants to randomly
    I got this game on sale for 5 bucks and to be honest, I still want my money back because this game is terrible. The cop chases are really boring and you'll probably never get more than 3 cops behind you.
    The driving is great but the races are repetative. And story missions dont have a real story i mean one time you got to kick over one cop and the other time some clan wants to randomly attack you. This game feels so rushed and like such a money grab that i cant even think about it without thinking about all the bad missions.
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  9. Oct 23, 2022
    7
    NFS Heat is a good game.
    Too bad it's from EA Games
    It's a beautiful game but it suffers a little due to the failure of the Frostbite Engine
    -7,8/10,0-
  10. Oct 18, 2022
    5
    this game is okay but nothing too special. Can say it's good enough to play at a discounted price.
  11. Oct 2, 2022
    7
    Run, and keep running, because Need for Speed: Heat is the first since Hot Pursuit to feel like you're a god damn criminal - gunned down by cops, driving with two wheels missing and a Rhino on your tail. By day you can race legally, collect far too many collectibles and explore but once the sun goes down EA return to their roots and let you wreak havoc through Palm City. That's the shiningRun, and keep running, because Need for Speed: Heat is the first since Hot Pursuit to feel like you're a god damn criminal - gunned down by cops, driving with two wheels missing and a Rhino on your tail. By day you can race legally, collect far too many collectibles and explore but once the sun goes down EA return to their roots and let you wreak havoc through Palm City. That's the shining jewel of this game, the HEAT system, which bolsters an already technically marvellous game that outguns any NFS game from this generation. Still has those NFS issues that will never make this as good as a Forza but for my money one of the best the series has ever managed. Expand
  12. Sep 30, 2022
    5
    Terrible writing, overly complicated vehicle customization and a C+ sound track. The only thing that saves it is the driving but it's the same driving as every other Need for Speed game so I'd suggest a different entry for the series.
  13. Sep 7, 2022
    6
    Нічого особливого, просто черговий рекепчер візуалу і новий маямський вайб.
  14. Jul 27, 2022
    7
    Tarina viihdyttävä, monimuotoinen maailma, paljon autoja ja kehitettävää. Tehtävät monipuolisia. Poliisit välillä liian tehokkaita. Mielenkiintoinen maailma tutkittavana. Autojen kehittäminen kiinnostavaa. Tarina saisi olla isompi ja ehkä vähän pidempi, mutta sivutehtäviä on tarpeeksi. Driftaus ei ollut niin kivaa kuin joissain aiemmissa osissa.
  15. Jul 20, 2022
    7
    If you like car customisation: this game is for you!

    It may not be the most immersive racer, the prettiest or the best handling - although all of these are more than adequate after a little time to adapt - but Need for Speed Heat really has so much more potential than you might have initially thought. The law enforcement represents a genuine and tense challenge, the car customisation
    If you like car customisation: this game is for you!

    It may not be the most immersive racer, the prettiest or the best handling - although all of these are more than adequate after a little time to adapt - but Need for Speed Heat really has so much more potential than you might have initially thought.

    The law enforcement represents a genuine and tense challenge, the car customisation options are unmatched by any modern racer and hark back to the glory days of the PS2 era, and it has that feel of "just 5 more minutes" that all good games should have.

    Don't let the dodgy dialogue or the slightly strange day./night gimmick fool you, there is real merit to this game, and it is one that you will enjoy for hours.

    Give it a try
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  16. Jul 14, 2022
    7
    Nettes. Spiel es hat echt viel Spaß gemacht. Mehr davon! Nicht zu lang, nicht zu kurz. Genau richtig.
  17. Jun 6, 2022
    6
    I like day and night cycle but i FCK HATE that game don't demand from us to win races in 1st place. They're marked on the map as completed but i was third.

    I don't like it. I have no motivation to play like that. As for graphics i don't like trees. They're too sharp. Only TAA is helping but not too much. I don't know. Payback was better for me (apart from buying parts for points).
    I like day and night cycle but i FCK HATE that game don't demand from us to win races in 1st place. They're marked on the map as completed but i was third.

    I don't like it. I have no motivation to play like that.

    As for graphics i don't like trees. They're too sharp. Only TAA is helping but not too much. I don't know. Payback was better for me (apart from buying parts for points).

    COPS are too hard.

    Last thing - i hate collectibles like this in racing games. I wan't to discover them somehow but with help of the game. Maybe paid map, partial map or something. I can't look for those by free ride.

    It is a good idea to mark them automaticcly on the map when you get close to them, but it has to be at a greater distance, not when we are already close as now.
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  18. Apr 3, 2022
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. NFS Heat tries to mix a bit of Underground, a bit of MW and a bit of the newer games in the series (even iconic cars such as the BMW M3 or the Diablo SV are here again). Unfortunately its final results are a mix bag contrary to what everyone says. Starting with things simple like the soundtrack that is nice or the graphics that, while it looks like a PS3 game at points, the lightning is beautiful (even if sometimes the sun reflected affects negatively the gameplay). Shamefully, starting very early we have to talk about a lot of negatives...
    The handling was done much worse, since, while im not a fan of the drifting mechanic in previous games, since is a bit inconsistent, at least it gives you enough control to turn. In this game, drifting takes away a lot of speed, and some cars cannot even drift properly, being very stiff, and if you brake to take the turns like any normal racing game you would probably lose the race. The good news is that the live tuning is actually effective here, so just turn all of the options to the right and here you go... a slighty better handling system, that while not as good as Underground or MW still is something playable. Now to the customization, enough is enough i guess, but instead of just putting an stat for knowing more or less the amount of customizable parts a car has, it wouldnt be better to just have complete customization for all the cars? Whats the problem EA?! How is that early 2000 NFS still do this better?! NFS is like a series that doesnt learn of this mistakes. Shamefully they made the pursuits horrible in this game, thanks to the damage system. While with this system they make more of a risk reward game, like Rivals, in this game is unfair as hell, since the damage is so inconsistent and the cops are rubberbanded as hell. Oh man... the damage system... even High Stakes on 1999 do this better!!! Sometimes you dont recieve damage when crashing at 200+ KMH and other times you lost 1/3 of the health just for crashing at lower speeds.... Is incredible how they screwed the damage in this game!!!!! The cars also have inconsistent stats compared to real life... Why the Skyline R34 is way slower than the Mazda RX-7 or the Dodge Challenger 1967? Later, minor nitpicks like short and unexplited story mode, lack of innovation, lack of other game modes in other games in the franchise, etc etc etc.... i just dont have to mention all of the flaws that this series has since they still does the same thing.
    A lot of people seems to love this game, and while i enjoyed it a lot, i cannot really say this is the return of the franchise as many wanted to be. I would even go as far to say that this is much worse than Rivals and Payback (especially Payback, man that game is so underrated). Well, at least is not worst than MW 2012, but that is very very hard. Man.... even the UI is copypasted from Payback.... that is being very lazy.
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  19. Mar 5, 2022
    7
    This game is good. The car list, tuning system, world is good. But the story is so boring and predictable.
    Old NFS games has much better stories than now...
  20. Feb 4, 2022
    7
    Nice modern graphics with a lot of cars and good sounding but the story lacks once again.
  21. Jan 27, 2022
    5
    There's fun to be had with this game but it's buried in a huge amount of grind, tedium and overall, incredibly annoying rubbish. Firstly, the good:

    Car customization is the best thing this game has to offer. It is full of options and is fun to compare your creations with those of your friends. It's a pretty good looking game. Some of the cars actually feel great to drive. At times,
    There's fun to be had with this game but it's buried in a huge amount of grind, tedium and overall, incredibly annoying rubbish. Firstly, the good:

    Car customization is the best thing this game has to offer. It is full of options and is fun to compare your creations with those of your friends. It's a pretty good looking game. Some of the cars actually feel great to drive. At times, there's an albeit small but not insignificant adrenaline rush that this game gives me and that's because i think it nails the sense of speed. Going fast actually does feel fast and that's commendable. I tend to prefer more simulator type racers but the driving model here can be fun too. But, there are often these brief moments where the game basically refuses steering input for some reason. It isn't a huge deal but it's happened often enough for me to notice it and to crash multiple times because of it.

    Otherwise, I HATE the AI traffic in these games and i doubt it had ever been this egregiously bad. Cars stopping in the middle of the road as you near them. Doing perpendicular turns at T junctions and 4-ways from the far side of a two lane road. Always seeming to appear infront of you at the final moment when going up(or down) an incline. And, maybe i'm mistaken here but i swear there is usually more traffic in the night races than at day. Particularly in the high heat races. It feels like they are there to stop you or to seriously annoy you.

    I also hate the cops. I don't mind them being extra aggressive but i do mind when, even if you're racing in a grid of like 7 other cars, they only take an interest in you. They only chase you. And the damage they do when ramming you is unreasonably large, and doesn't even affect their cars even though when you ram them, it also affects your car. I hate that you can tune a car for a specific surface (track, dirt, drift) but almost never outrun the cops on that surface(atleast on hard difficulty that is). The cop cars are all purpose in a way that your cars can never be. I hate that the cop cars seem to teleport at will and have infinite acceleration. I hate that if they crash into you for no reason, they start chasing you. They ruin the game.

    I hate how grindy everything is. The cars can be satisfying to drive but never enough to offset all the grinding you have to do to level up your reputation and earn money for new cars and parts. It's tiring.

    Otherwise, the story is generic. Your usual NFS schlock of a young up-and-coming driver building his reputation, facing the established dons in the underground racing scene before finding out that the cops are the real bad guys. The soundtrack is trash with like 2 serviceable songs. The icons on the mini map are too big and make it difficult to see the road to take and which particular icon you want to move to.

    I've played a lot of this game and though i undoubtedly had some fun, i had a lot of frustration too.
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  22. Jan 1, 2022
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This soundtrack makes me sick. Storyline is short, dull and empty. Even the driving model is... there is just something wrong with it. Not to mention drift in Heat because it's a total failure. I know what I am talking about because I made an platinum trophy in Heat. NFS Payback is better game in every aspect. So I really don't understand the lower rating of that game. Expand
  23. Nov 4, 2021
    6
    In many ways, it's similar to the old school Need for Speed games, which I like, but there are some questionable mechanics that make the game frustrating to play. Drifting is very bad, so the best way to play the game for most of the time is to use a grippy car, not only that, but the police is very aggressive, and I really despise the fact that you gain REP only during night time, it'sIn many ways, it's similar to the old school Need for Speed games, which I like, but there are some questionable mechanics that make the game frustrating to play. Drifting is very bad, so the best way to play the game for most of the time is to use a grippy car, not only that, but the police is very aggressive, and I really despise the fact that you gain REP only during night time, it's very annoying to grind levels while getting wrecked by the police. On the bright side, the car customization is fantastic, probably one of the best in the series, buying cars and customizing them is very fun. Expand
  24. Nov 26, 2021
    7
    Jogo bom, principalmente na parte de customização em que você pode tanto deixar sua Lamborghini em um carro de terra ou pegar um Fusca e deixar para drift ou também fazer desenhos nos carros (Coisa que a comunidade faz muito) porém a história é meio tá, mas os sons e música de rádios também são boas com direito a uma música Pt-Br e infelizmente não tem muita variedade de carro (Na minhaJogo bom, principalmente na parte de customização em que você pode tanto deixar sua Lamborghini em um carro de terra ou pegar um Fusca e deixar para drift ou também fazer desenhos nos carros (Coisa que a comunidade faz muito) porém a história é meio tá, mas os sons e música de rádios também são boas com direito a uma música Pt-Br e infelizmente não tem muita variedade de carro (Na minha opinião) acho que deveria ter mais carro fod*-se tipo uma combi, mas é me diverti muito principalme com o jeito que você ganha as peças Supremo+ que achei daorinha e é isso. Expand
  25. Mr1
    Oct 19, 2021
    7
    Приятная аркадная гонка, в принципе то. что и ожидаешь!
    Напрягает жесткая полиция. Особенно что нужно рейтинг набивать, а штраф за задержания огромный. Укрытий во время погони нет, как и способа оторваться как в моствонтед. До гонок на которые нужно приехать с рейтингом 3 доехать так и не получалось, там все время копы спавнятся, а при активной погоне гонки не доступны, а после гаража
    Приятная аркадная гонка, в принципе то. что и ожидаешь!
    Напрягает жесткая полиция. Особенно что нужно рейтинг набивать, а штраф за задержания огромный. Укрытий во время погони нет, как и способа оторваться как в моствонтед. До гонок на которые нужно приехать с рейтингом 3 доехать так и не получалось, там все время копы спавнятся, а при активной погоне гонки не доступны, а после гаража уровень рейтинга снова ноль.
    Забросил игру чисто из-за обязаловки гринда по поллиции. Машины разбиваются легко даже на низком уровне сложности, а ремнтов всего 3 ночью. Короче чет по перебору сделали((
    Иногда баги типа "вы скрылись от погони" и тут же задержан..
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  26. Oct 16, 2021
    5
    Genial juego. Muy completó. Historia un poco corta pero muy entretenido. Lo Ame.
  27. Oct 5, 2021
    6
    See , i just finished the game a month ago and can say many things like , the story mode absolutely horrible no progress can’t feel that there is story around u just some dude with some random races ,
    for the world it’s ok but no compare with other need for speed game (2015) in my opinion , the police are extremely powerful especially in 5 star heat which make the game more excited with
    See , i just finished the game a month ago and can say many things like , the story mode absolutely horrible no progress can’t feel that there is story around u just some dude with some random races ,
    for the world it’s ok but no compare with other need for speed game (2015) in my opinion , the police are extremely powerful especially in 5 star heat which make the game more excited with each race this is in night only, afternoon race completely garbage ,
    Cars and modifications kinda ok.
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  28. Aug 16, 2021
    7
    overall a fun game to play, good car customization but the story is kinda dry and the cops get funny sometimes
  29. Aug 10, 2021
    7
    Need For Speed: Heat is overall a pretty good game which has some downsides, and is probably the best NFS since Rivals. Upsides:
    Decent graphics, especially at night. It's a PS4-era game after all, we can't expect too much.
    Amazing car customization and tuning, it gives a lot of freedom to the player. You can swap engines, visual and mechanical parts, change the color of your nitro,
    Need For Speed: Heat is overall a pretty good game which has some downsides, and is probably the best NFS since Rivals. Upsides:
    Decent graphics, especially at night. It's a PS4-era game after all, we can't expect too much.
    Amazing car customization and tuning, it gives a lot of freedom to the player. You can swap engines, visual and mechanical parts, change the color of your nitro, backfire or smoke, add air suspension, change your vehicle's stance, horn, sound, and much more.
    Good enough story mode for a racing game.
    Police actually poses a danger in this game, which is great and adds some challenge to night races.
    Big map with different interesting locations and regions.
    NFS: Heat is fairly well optimised and doesn't loose frames very often.

    Downsides:
    Much-to-be-desired car handling, sometimes it's unpredictable and too sensitive, which is a problem in a game about cars.
    Wonky physics
    Terrible drifting
    Poor multiplayer, you can't make player only races and the lobbies are quite small (8 players max.)
    No drag races, this may not be a probelm to some people including me, but I thought it's worth to mention.
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  30. Jul 14, 2021
    5
    Aussi beau que désespérant. NFS Heat reprend l'ADN de la franchise sans pour autant amener un réel vent de fraîcheur hormis ce côté jour/nuit déséquilibré.
    Le pilotage reste fidèle à la franchise et la carte est de bonne taille bien que la variation des terrains ne soit pas énorme. La reproduction de Miami est correcte et on peut se sentir investi par l'atmosphère de la série.
    Côté
    Aussi beau que désespérant. NFS Heat reprend l'ADN de la franchise sans pour autant amener un réel vent de fraîcheur hormis ce côté jour/nuit déséquilibré.
    Le pilotage reste fidèle à la franchise et la carte est de bonne taille bien que la variation des terrains ne soit pas énorme. La reproduction de Miami est correcte et on peut se sentir investi par l'atmosphère de la série.
    Côté voiture, le choix est énorme mais finalement, seules les voitures les plus puissantes sont intéressantes. La customisation est classique et les modifications techniques n'apportent rien de neuf.
    Côté IA, c'est le grand désastre : entre les autres pilotes qui auront le fair-play d'un joueur de football en vous rentrant dedans sans vergogne et la police qui semble n'avoir d'yeux que pour vous lors des courses poursuites de nuit. De plus, la police, malgré des voitures de puissance inférieure, n'aura aucun mal à vous rattraper, quelque soit les terrains. Impossible à semer sur terre mais aussi sur route. Pro du drift et du drag, impossible à distancer. Une IA très déséquilibrée donc qui ruinera l'expérience de jeu.
    Enfin, la durée de vie du jeu est courte si l'on exclut les habituelles chasses aux panneaux et challenges.
    Divertissant mais peu mieux faire.
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Metascore
72

Mixed or average reviews - based on 61 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 26 out of 61
  2. Negative: 1 out of 61
  1. Dec 30, 2019
    70
    Need for Speed: Heat is the first good step for the franchise in years. Devoid of micro transactions, providing some Underground-like neon vibes with it’s best customization system, it can provide more than a dozen of hours of fun, despite it’s dead like world design and irrelevant and boring story.
  2. Playstation Official Magazine UK
    Dec 17, 2019
    70
    The Heat meter effectively turns GTA’s wanted level into score attack, which is awesome. But the open-world busywork, generic city, and too-flimsy obstacles dilute the otherwise decent gameplay. [Issue#170, p.88]
  3. Dec 2, 2019
    83
    Again, I don’t think Need for Speed Heat does much to re-invent the wheel when it comes to open-world racing games, but it does help reset the franchise in a way that felt necessary at this point. It’s an enjoyable experience throughout, the story is entertaining if maybe a little too serious, and the overall progression path is well realized. If you’re hungry to get behind the wheel of a virtual car this season, Need for Speed Heat is likely going to be the game for you.