Heatseeker

 Wii
Metascore
62

Mixed or average reviews - based on 25 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 25
  2. Mixed: 17 out of 25
  3. Negative: 2 out of 25
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  1. Official Nintendo Magazine UK
    87
    Exactly the sort of game that should ensure the Wii continues to thrive. It's easy to get used to, has a perfect difficulty curve and is pure fun throughout. An explosive success. [Apr 2007, p.64]
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  2. Nintendo Gamer
    80
    Fast as you like, fun to control and a mindless diversion for military fetishists. Difficult, even on the easiest setting, but if you're up to the challenge you'll get loads of value from it. [May 2007, p.46]
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  3. Boomtown
    80
    It's not perfect, but there’s a lot of fun to be had here and it’s something a bit different from the usual Wii titles.
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  5. Nintendo Power
    75
    The presentation is capped off with detailed graphics and special effects, and live-action FMV sequences that would've been right at home in the jet sims of the genre's heyday. [May 2007, p.89]
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  6. Game Informer
    75
    Gripes aside, this game can be balls-out fun when it wants to. Tearing through the sky at Mach 3 to sink a battleship and a couple of subs, then doing a 180 to shoot down a sky full of bogeys gets the heart going every time.
  7. Worth Playing
    75
    Heatseeker takes only eight to 12 hours to complete but does something most Wii games do not — it offers a story.

Awards & Rankings

62
#62 Best Wii Game of 2007
53
#53 Most Discussed Wii Game of 2007
83
#83 Most Shared Wii Game of 2007

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User Score
6.3

Mixed or average reviews- based on 35 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 19 out of 35
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 35
  3. Negative: 11 out of 35
  1. levillima
    Jul 6, 2018
    10
    This game is awesome in every aspect. The lack of game modes are nothing compared to the thrill of the game play, specially in ProfessionalThis game is awesome in every aspect. The lack of game modes are nothing compared to the thrill of the game play, specially in Professional Config and last difficult.… Full Review »
  2. SimonG.
    Aug 30, 2007
    6
    I usually don't mind the quality of the graphics. Otherwise I would've bought the PS3 instead of the Wii. But in Heatseeker's I usually don't mind the quality of the graphics. Otherwise I would've bought the PS3 instead of the Wii. But in Heatseeker's case, it's hard to forgive. It's a PS2 port, but even for the PS2 it's poor. The sense of speed is great however and you get a lot of satisfactions from blowing away other fighters. Some of the missions are a little boring, others are a little too hard, but most of them are fun. The controls take a bit to get use too, but once you got the basics, you're good to go. Some of the controls are somehow not intuitive; it's almost impossible to give orders to other pilots (press A + left on the d-pad). It's not a bad game. I was building a lot of expectation from it and I'm not quite disappointed, neither I'm overwhelmed with it.… Full Review »
  3. KeithN.
    Jul 22, 2007
    8
    With the extra weapons pack, and plane packs that you get when you register the planes, Heatseeker becomes a fairly entertaining game that With the extra weapons pack, and plane packs that you get when you register the planes, Heatseeker becomes a fairly entertaining game that offers a very intuitive (albeit unrealistic)control over the aircraft. The only negative is not being able to fly enemy aircraft in campaign mode, but hey, when you're in a Raptor...who's complaining ?… Full Review »
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