Need for Speed Heat

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6.1

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  1. Spiner360
    Nov 8, 2019
    10
    i think story is nice and gameplay is much better than payback
    ghost games really cleaned their mess on payback
  2. Stig499
    Jan 7, 2020
    5
    Some cool features from nfs 2015 like visual styling make this game good, but there are a lot cons like:
    -terrible drift, -game looks even worse than 2015, -cops chases broken and unbalanced (like you car get a tons of damage when cop easily touched you)
    -stupid storyline -terrible ost (only has stupid rap and latinos music)
  3. Dave1234567890
    Feb 21, 2020
    5
    This game is ok. The customisation is fantastic, the selection of cars is excellent, the story is pretty good for a racing game, the day mode is a little dull but overall it’s good, the open world is pretty good, the night mode is terrible-the races are enjoyable and the fact that it’s night is quite good, but the police are ridiculous. There are 5 heat levels. Heat level 1 is easy toThis game is ok. The customisation is fantastic, the selection of cars is excellent, the story is pretty good for a racing game, the day mode is a little dull but overall it’s good, the open world is pretty good, the night mode is terrible-the races are enjoyable and the fact that it’s night is quite good, but the police are ridiculous. There are 5 heat levels. Heat level 1 is easy to escape, heat level 2 is ok, heat level 3 is nearly impossible to escape. Over never successfully evaded past that level. The police will stop you dead, they remove half your health bar with one hit, and if you hit them then you deal almost no damage. It is broken. It’s makes the night mode incredibly stressful rather than enjoyable, and it is necessary to complete in the day mode. They were so close to making an excellent game but they messed it up by making the police unstoppable.… Expand
  4. Russian_criticb
    Mar 6, 2020
    6
    Я играю в nfs из-за сюжета, но тут он слишком приземлённый. Текстуры не успевают погружаться и больно смотреть как во время тюнинга у тебя всё это прорисовывается. Загрузочный экран прям 10/10 ничего больше не скажешь. Графика ночью вроде бы и красивая, но утром она куда хуже. Саундтреки ужасные, кроме рэпа ничего больше нет. Тюнинг отличный, но бесит когда текстура прогружается. МалоЯ играю в nfs из-за сюжета, но тут он слишком приземлённый. Текстуры не успевают погружаться и больно смотреть как во время тюнинга у тебя всё это прорисовывается. Загрузочный экран прям 10/10 ничего больше не скажешь. Графика ночью вроде бы и красивая, но утром она куда хуже. Саундтреки ужасные, кроме рэпа ничего больше нет. Тюнинг отличный, но бесит когда текстура прогружается. Мало машин, в городе пусто хоть и ночью он красочный. Жду новый nfs с топовым сюжетом.… Expand
  5. zeltronbibib
    Apr 17, 2020
    0
    18/04/2020 the game still isn't finished
    dont waste your money
    i wish someone had told me that before buying
  6. oic0
    Jan 30, 2020
    2
    Basically made for kids. The story is childish, the premise of needing street cred to buy parts is beyond idiotic, the handling is pure arcade, and the modification system was designed by people who have never even read a car magazine, much less actually turn a wrench.
  7. vladofon
    Jan 25, 2020
    2
    Параша полная. Слава богу что не купил её, а было от подписки 10 часов пробника. Хуже не куда. Полицию сделали просто ужас. Я хочу приходить домой после трудного дня и расслабляться в играх, а не брасать геймпад в стену из-за конченой системы повреждения авто с полицией.Параша полная. Слава богу что не купил её, а было от подписки 10 часов пробника. Хуже не куда. Полицию сделали просто ужас. Я хочу приходить домой после трудного дня и расслабляться в играх, а не брасать геймпад в стену из-за конченой системы повреждения авто с полицией.
  8. EAsuckslol
    Dec 29, 2019
    0
    Terrible game.

    No one: Not a single damn person: EA: let’s take out pursuit breakers from NFS: Most Wanted and make it literally impossible to lose the cops! That’ll be fun! Oh! And also, your car gets damaged and can be destroyed. BUT WAIT THERES MORE!!! Let’s make your heat level NOT have a cap so you can be in a terrible car trying to escape level 4 police cars! BRILLIANT. No one    Terrible game.

    No one:

    Not a single damn person:

    EA: let’s take out pursuit breakers from NFS: Most Wanted and make it literally impossible to lose the cops! That’ll be fun! Oh! And also, your car gets damaged and can be destroyed.

    BUT WAIT THERES MORE!!!

    Let’s make your heat level NOT have a cap so you can be in a terrible car trying to escape level 4 police cars! BRILLIANT.

    No one wanted these changes and they are horrific ideas. Way to go EA... ruined YET ANOTHER GAME!!!!!    … Expand
  9. off3nc3
    Nov 12, 2019
    0
    This series ended with NFS RIvals , that was the last great game of this series , everything that came after like Payback and this POS are not worth the play time even for free. Big city , 0 cars in sight , no drag racing ( we we're expecting the UNDERGROUND SEQUEL ) drifting is a joke , poor car selection.

    Graphics looks good only during the night time phase or in day light when the    This series ended with NFS RIvals , that was the last great game of this series , everything that came after like Payback and this POS are not worth the play time even for free. Big city , 0 cars in sight , no drag racing ( we we're expecting the UNDERGROUND SEQUEL ) drifting is a joke , poor car selection.

    Graphics looks good only during the night time phase or in day light when the streets are wet , other then that it looks like a dated engine. Go play forza horizon 4 if you want a truly epic racing game and forget about this series , microtransactions or not this game is utter trash.    … Expand
  10. GamerGawd
    Nov 10, 2019
    2
    Boring and flawed.

    No button mapping to configure your controller.
    Drifting is a joke.
    No race line to show you the layout of the track.

    It's just a pretty car show. It has nothing to do with racing.
  11. voxy
    Nov 15, 2019
    0
    The cops are too annoying, spawning in front of you, and they are not programmed as different objects, instead they are part of your car - 2 m. behind you (most of the time), it's insane how bad it's implemented. The map - only street races, every race feels the same. Car handling is terrible, car controls - terrible. One of the worst NFS ever made. You are with 180mph/h and in front ofThe cops are too annoying, spawning in front of you, and they are not programmed as different objects, instead they are part of your car - 2 m. behind you (most of the time), it's insane how bad it's implemented. The map - only street races, every race feels the same. Car handling is terrible, car controls - terrible. One of the worst NFS ever made. You are with 180mph/h and in front of you a car stopped in the crossroad sideways. Really dumb game design. Also there are too many bugs on ps4 with invisible objects.… Expand
  12. Waseapupkin
    Dec 2, 2019
    0
    Please for the love of all that’s holy do NOT buy this game. Need for speed is dead, just deal with it and don’t let it fool you and play with your nostalgia. The story is awful. Music is boring and forgetful. Driving is ok, but drifting is inexcusably bad. The game (ps4 version for sure) is broken beyond belief. Starting with cars and cops that appear from thin air in the middle of thePlease for the love of all that’s holy do NOT buy this game. Need for speed is dead, just deal with it and don’t let it fool you and play with your nostalgia. The story is awful. Music is boring and forgetful. Driving is ok, but drifting is inexcusably bad. The game (ps4 version for sure) is broken beyond belief. Starting with cars and cops that appear from thin air in the middle of the road and straight to garage bug (when you go into garage but the game doesn’t load and you need to restart the game)that was in NFS Payback!
    And to top it all off, when you crawl through all this **** just because you still have a tiny amount of hope, the game gives you error 40010000 and deletes all your progress and tells you to “contact customer support”. But even customer support doesn’t know how to fix this, so they just tell you to hang in there.
    If I could give this game a negative score - I would. This is unplayable. You’ve been warned.    … Expand
  13. ManOfChap
    Dec 29, 2019
    3
    Annoying game mechanics, "day and night" is just a pain, lousy controls, empty city, awful soundtrack, EA really just rushed this game out
  14. loumex
    Jan 5, 2022
    8
    I actually had to find my metacritic login creds to write this review, because it is THIS pissed I am with this stupid game. First things first. I am 38 years old. I am a boring knowitall but still, I like my NFS games since day one. There were some bad ones and some good ones along the way, but this... This is horrible. I beared with the 2015 version, and quit only on the final raceI actually had to find my metacritic login creds to write this review, because it is THIS pissed I am with this stupid game. First things first. I am 38 years old. I am a boring knowitall but still, I like my NFS games since day one. There were some bad ones and some good ones along the way, but this... This is horrible. I beared with the 2015 version, and quit only on the final race because the rubber banding was stupid. I played payback and you know what, it wasn't half bad. At least I explored the map, had some drift and drag fun, dealt with the silly story and had a sense of achievement. But THIS. THIS HEAT IS THE WORST. The night mode is unbearable. Spawning police cars behind you, crashing, losing your progress. All horrible. Terrible bugs that help you out (jumping inside water to get out of a pursuit i.e.) and a TINY single story mode (WITH the extras we are talking 7-8 hours tops). The game is bad. It is just so, so, so bad. The music is bad, the double tap drift is bad, everything is bad. Oh, and it is ALWAYS raining on this game. No reason, just because it looks cool I guess. The game is bad. Do not listen otherwise. I mean it. I paid 15 euros for it on sale, and regret every penny.… Expand
  15. Bdbfbf
    Aug 28, 2020
    0
    Unrealistic police(going over 400kmh), to Many civil cars, if you crash Just a little you will still lose a lot of durability.
  16. PGSz_Savage
    Nov 19, 2019
    4
    COULD be a good game if you guys didn’t make the police impossible to escape for no reason during a race and basically lose everything you earned during a night thanks for wasting my time just when I thought a good need for speed was coming out you guys make it dumb by trying to throw in all these new ideas. Might as well as go make a skateboarding game since you guys like throwing awayCOULD be a good game if you guys didn’t make the police impossible to escape for no reason during a race and basically lose everything you earned during a night thanks for wasting my time just when I thought a good need for speed was coming out you guys make it dumb by trying to throw in all these new ideas. Might as well as go make a skateboarding game since you guys like throwing away progress anyways.… Expand
  17. pronominal
    Nov 17, 2019
    2
    Story short, why even bother.

    Cop AI stupid and OP at the same time.

    Rubber banding all over the place. Payback had this, but in this game it's way too much.

    Game crashes from time to time.

    Objects pop in.

    PS4 Pro.
  18. Haxman47
    Nov 18, 2019
    4
    The greatest visuals ive seen
    The worst car handling ive seen
    bad drift system
    U can customize ur character and wear real life clothes

    but that handling....
  19. evans-livboeree
    Nov 10, 2019
    0
    Ужаснеший саундтрек в игре, не машины а катки для укладки дорог, не думал я что такое ещё делают и выпускают в 2019г!
  20. WulgarnyGracz
    Nov 10, 2019
    4
    Odgrzewany kotlet, kolejna kalka. Niestety seria zatrzymała się w rozwoju i przypomina Fifę, co chwila to samo na lekko zmienionej mapie i z nowymi zawodnikami, tutaj samochodami. Chciałbym powrotu starszych odsłon, gier w stylu pierwsze Hot Pursuit. Znudziły mnie otwarte światy, tuning i te wszystkie duperele dla dzieci.
  21. TheThunderBee
    Dec 8, 2019
    2
    It is a copy paste from the previous title with a boring car **** graphics and full of visual bugs.
  22. Slycrow1337
    Nov 19, 2019
    0
    Really casual game with disbalanced cops and bad soundtrack. BTW drift came down .
    For whom did you make it? I don't recommend it to no one who is older that 14
  23. harance
    Nov 20, 2019
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. - Странная кастомзация персонажей, зачем они вообще нужны в аркадных гонках? Одевать мужчину в женское бельё и делать ему женскую прическу? В это ведь дети играют! Ну да ладно, ведь должны же разработчики были как-то оправдать себя за то, что они берут 70$ за это.

    - Всё окружение вдоль дорог, включая каменные заборы, ломается. Врезаешься в машину при скорости 150 км/ч - не беда! Ты просто замедляешься до 130 и продолжаешь движение не меняя направления. Если ты вылетел на обочину куда-то на скалы, то при попытке выехать оттуда, тебя часто закидывает назад - помогает только телепорт в гараж. За два дня с момента покупки игра вылетала 12 раз. Далее я просто перестал считать

    - В игровом мире скучно и одиноко, все детали для тюнинга открыты с самого начала, денег дают столько, что можно купить любые машины. Единственное что заставляло пройти - Надежда, что сюжетка будет интересной, но нет. - Жаль потраченных денег на предзаказ. Тот же Payback был в разы лучше.    … Expand
  24. TLOU2ISBS
    Jul 24, 2020
    1
    graphics like dog sh1t and the cops go ridiculously aggressive on you.
    the escape mechanics are just fkn stupid. you either have to take a jump or drive into the water to lose the cops. i mean.. who thought that would be a nice escape mechanism? are you high or something? it's just horrible
  25. cxeri
    Nov 11, 2019
    0
    graphics 7/10
    mechanics and physics 6/10
    fun and entertainment 4/10
    attention to detail (people on road, traffic etc) 3/10

    in conclusion: dont buy this game until it gets a major patch
  26. Bubbsta1
    Nov 18, 2019
    4
    Beware - campaign cutscene length is less than two hours. In total I finished the campaign in about 6 - 8 hours...and that was me taking my time free roaming and smashing billboards. I foolishly paid £54.99 thinking it was a huge game. Thankfully GAME is offering me £30 to trade it back. The problem with NFS Heat is once you've finished the short campaign there's nothing left to do. Sure,Beware - campaign cutscene length is less than two hours. In total I finished the campaign in about 6 - 8 hours...and that was me taking my time free roaming and smashing billboards. I foolishly paid £54.99 thinking it was a huge game. Thankfully GAME is offering me £30 to trade it back. The problem with NFS Heat is once you've finished the short campaign there's nothing left to do. Sure, you can unlock more cars, smash some more billboards, do drift challenges, etc, but why? There's no incentive. If you're going to get this game (I wouldn't recommend it, especially at full price) make sure to find collectibles and do driving stories as you progress through the campaign. If you do the campaign all at once, there isn't much worth doing after.… Expand
  27. Space84rm
    Nov 9, 2019
    3
    Il gioco sarebbe stato molto più interessante se lo facevano uscire finito e no con tutti i soliti problemi che ormai ci ha abituati EA.
    Su playstation 4. Pro la risoluzione sembra molto inferiore altitolo precedente, e anche molto meno stabile come fps. Parecchie parti sono un semplice copia e incolla dei titoli precedenti copiando un po' la politica di Ubisoft
  28. Red_XIII
    Nov 17, 2019
    1
    Constant system crashes, super short campaign, police chases bugged, I really tried to like this game but it is utter crap.
  29. Deathtrap_S15
    Nov 18, 2019
    0
    The game keeps crashing when you customize the cars And then it's being chrashing when you start races No support news from ea Just another **** Nfs
  30. woofyLV
    Nov 24, 2019
    1
    Stupid developers cant fix handling pshysics in 3 games in a row... what a waste of franchise.... seriously don`t buy this game if you expect to have fun while drifting, because you will not!!!
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  1. Positive: 26 out of 61
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  3. Negative: 1 out of 61
  1. PLAY! Zine
    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.
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  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. Gaming Age
    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.
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