Need for Speed Heat

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6.5

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  1. apopjak
    Nov 17, 2019
    0
    Graphic is nise but whole city during the day looks like a crap. I dont know what is goin on but it looks to me like they used instagram filter for whole game, everything has yelowwish tone.

    Handling model so bad, it is so unrealistic. Its so much unrealistic that is good for 5yo kids max. Forza horizont has much better handling model not perfect but better OST terrible. Lot of    Graphic is nise but whole city during the day looks like a crap. I dont know what is goin on but it looks to me like they used instagram filter for whole game, everything has yelowwish tone.

    Handling model so bad, it is so unrealistic. Its so much unrealistic that is good for 5yo kids max. Forza horizont has much better handling model not perfect but better

    OST terrible.

    Lot of bugs, on garrage    … Expand
  2. Jadox
    Nov 17, 2020
    0
    This game release is another disappointment in the recent NFS series.

    POSITIVE: - Customisation part is the best of the game. The options to personalise your car are almost endless. - Day/night set up is kinda cool. - Soundtrack is great. NEGATIVE: - Story is boring and full of cliches. - Graphics are bad for a triple A game in 2019. - Driving mechanics are not bad, but they are far from    This game release is another disappointment in the recent NFS series.

    POSITIVE:
    - Customisation part is the best of the game. The options to personalise your car are almost endless.
    - Day/night set up is kinda cool.
    - Soundtrack is great.

    NEGATIVE:
    - Story is boring and full of cliches.
    - Graphics are bad for a triple A game in 2019.
    - Driving mechanics are not bad, but they are far from realistic. Too drifty even when the car is not supposed to drift.
    - AI from regular drivers is stupid, they basically look to crash you or make you crash. Is like they go out at night and say: "what a beautiful night, might crash some racers", is just ridiculous how a truck stops in the middle of the street just to ruin your race. You appreciate regular drivers behaviour in games like forza, which feels more natural.
    - Police chases are ridiculous due to COPS being OP. I acknowledge that I'm far from being a pro gamer on racing games, buy I consider myself good and tend to play other racing games like Forza in harder difficulties. However, police chases in this game are a nightmare above heat level 2. Even if the cop has a crappier car than yours, they are way faster than you. If you try to ram their cars, you end up damaging your car way more than theirs. When you think you lost them, even when they can't call more reinforcements, the same cars you left way behind, reach you in seconds. Basically like teleporting. I consider myself good at drifting. So I usually drifted and turned into narrow alleys multiple times but is pointless, they keep your track, is like they read your mind. There are no structures in the map to help you get rid of them like in Most wanted/ Carbon games. As you ask for advise online, you discover that the only way to escape the police is to abuse jump platforms around the map. That's not fun. Some people even tell you that you're doing wrong by staying too much time on the streets at night and NO, it is NOT our fault that EA couldn't create a balanced and fair gameplay regarding police chases. So after losing a lot of money and REP Every time I drove at night, I just dropped the game. This isn't a "get good" situation, this is a gameplay flaw due to poor game developing.
    I would score this game higher if the main problem of the game wouldn't make the core gameplay impossible and by consequence, impossible to progress without a persistent feeling of frustration in your heart every minute you play.    … Expand
  3. sanlorenzo
    Nov 9, 2019
    2
    Terrible. The physics are woeful.........it's like driving a sponge through custard. The franchise is lost, and each of the recent incarnations has got steadily worse and worse. NFS needs to return to the Carbon/Most Wanted era and produce something innovative to rival Forza Horizon.
  4. AiryCake
    Nov 12, 2019
    0
    NFS Heat is some kind of all-round trash bin. Positive things first:
    - fine graphics. But we are in 2k19 and it's an AAA game.
    - This night and day setup is kinda cool. Negative aspects: - Driving physics worse than a living fish on shore. First cars are like "well you can go 150km/h top speed with me but look on my outbreaking ass driving walking speed!". And yes, with or without    NFS Heat is some kind of all-round trash bin. Positive things first:
    - fine graphics. But we are in 2k19 and it's an AAA game.
    - This night and day setup is kinda cool.

    Negative aspects:

    - Driving physics worse than a living fish on shore. First cars are like "well you can go 150km/h top speed with me but look on my outbreaking ass driving walking speed!". And yes, with or without driving aids.

    - Story and Cutscenes: some of those cutscenes would have been better placed in Dark Souls 1 non remaster. And if some dude wants to tell me, that he is in favor with getting talked to half an hour while driving to the next location, than he wants to be placed in hell. settings - audio settings - voice 0%. Thank me later.

    - You are not able to fast travel to racing locations. If I want to play a racing game, then, yes, do I want to play one race after the next one. No I don't want to talk with some 0815 guy on the backseat. No, I don't want to drive by my own to the next location. I just want to play the racing stuff.

    Conclusion:

    "AAA" game for 60€, more like "ZZZ" game. And I would take EA to court for this pain in the ass game, if I would have paid this price...    … Expand
  5. symmetriebruch
    Jan 4, 2022
    0
    graphics from almost 20 years ago, absolutely laughable physics, attrociously obnoxious characters. unplayable
  6. Sizer
    Jul 3, 2021
    1
    Coming from Forza Horizons or basically any other modern game this is just trash. Driving dynamics that would have been a joke even in the 90's, mediocre customization or tuning options other than adding colors and lights, the total number of cars available is not even 20% of whats in other games, and the map is lackluster at best while load times are the longest of any game i've played inComing from Forza Horizons or basically any other modern game this is just trash. Driving dynamics that would have been a joke even in the 90's, mediocre customization or tuning options other than adding colors and lights, the total number of cars available is not even 20% of whats in other games, and the map is lackluster at best while load times are the longest of any game i've played in the past 5 years by a large amount (and thats on a series S). Also they put way too much effort into adding a story and cutscenes that are ignorable and yet there is no easy way to skip them, sure you could just stick to repeating generic events to earn rewards but those get repetitive very quickly . Oh and the game revolves around needing to grind rep to unlock anything (even cars you get in the dlc are unusable until your rep rank is high enough, which they don't tell you until after you buy it), so be prepared to spend 10% of your time racing and 90% of your time trying to escape cops that follow no logic whatsoever, and will both appear and dissapear out of thin air. I would only recommend it if you want a cop chasing simulator (and even then GTA is probably better) but for a "racing" game it is far from competitive with any other title.… Expand
  7. grxxvy
    Sep 5, 2021
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Someone has to stop ghost from making these games. Nfs used to be a game with tons of fun now it’s full of broken features and ghost really seems like they don’t know how to make a fun game. They trying to add things inspired by forza horizon and adding some come system that’s broken af. It’s nearly impossible to lose them if you’re in heat 2 and above and even more if you try to get back to the safe house if you somehow manage to lose them on heat 4 while losing every rp you got plus a significant amount of money.. yeah you gon run from the cops for half an hour and you get nothing plus losing like 30k every time. I really wanted to like the game but nfs really died with carbon back then. Im not playing any more nfs til they fire ghost and hire some people who know how to make a fun and realistic racing game. Just play fh4+5, it’s miles ahead.… Expand
  8. Broyax
    Apr 10, 2021
    2
    C’est dommage, j’ai cru pendant une poignée d’heures que ce NFS était au moins devenu quelque chose de distrayant et de fort agréable à parcourir grâce à son monde ouvert très soigné graphiquement parlant. Il faut dire que le moteur Frosbite est très bien utilisé, que ce soit le jour ou la nuit !

    Dommage qu’il soit bloqué à 30 im/s et qu’aucun patch ne soit venu régler ça, notamment    C’est dommage, j’ai cru pendant une poignée d’heures que ce NFS était au moins devenu quelque chose de distrayant et de fort agréable à parcourir grâce à son monde ouvert très soigné graphiquement parlant. Il faut dire que le moteur Frosbite est très bien utilisé, que ce soit le jour ou la nuit !

    Dommage qu’il soit bloqué à 30 im/s et qu’aucun patch ne soit venu régler ça, notamment pour les nouvelles consoles… Le jour, on enchaîne les épreuves de façon très standardisée comme dans tous les NFS de cet acabit mais la nuit, les flics vieillent, surveillent et patrouillent, ce qui occasionne des poursuites particulièrement rapides et… furieuses.

    Un peu trop furieuses hélas, car leur hargne, leur agressivité complètement hallucinante nous font halluciner : leurs véhicules défient à dire vrai toutes les lois de la physique en termes de vitesse, d’accélération… et même de solidité. Notre véhicule, pour autant qu’il soit jackyfié à loisir et amélioré à plusieurs niveaux ne peut y résister bien longtemps ! en effet, lorsque la barre de dégâts tombe à zéro, c’est l’arrestation et on perd tout notre fric chèrement gagné…

    En outre, comme si ça ne suffisait pas, il est incroyablement difficile de les semer ! voilà donc toute une partie du jeu complètement foirée. L’autre souci concerne cette « carrière » qui nécessite des niveaux de « réputation » que l’on acquière surtout la nuit ; le jour, l’absence de police reste regrettable (si elle était « normale » au moins !) et on monte bien moins vite en réputation alors que les prérequis pour les missions principales sont toujours plus élevés…

    Le prix des pièces est aussi trop élevé, ce qui invalide l’intérêt d’acheter d’autres bagnoles (très chères elles aussi) et on se coltine donc la même charette, vaille que vaille… sauf à farmer toutes ces courses… qui se ressemblent toutes, encore et encore.

    La « conduite » (entre guillemets) reste elle aussi typiquement « NFS », évidemment arcade mais une mauvaise arcade avec un sous-virage à peine géré et un survirage brutal et incohérent qui rappelle les pires heures des… Ridge Racer ! au XXIème siècle, constater une telle ignominie, c’est stupéfiant !

    Enfin, l’espèce d’histoire est définitivement risible et envahie par les social justice warriors de pacotille avec le côté zyva-wesh-wesh sous cannabis des voix françaises, ce qui n’arrange rien. Cf par exemple la tronche de notre avatar, à choisir parmi une galerie très paritaire, notamment la tronche trisomongolique des avatars féminins gaulés comme des thons, soit dit en passant !

    Mal équilibré, ce NFS avec sa nette tendance au farmage, ses préoccupations SJW (oh que la police est méchante et facho, mais oui…) sa conduite ridicule et ses poursuites ingérables, oui ce NFS est encore raté ! il s’est encore vautré dans le fossé comme un crevard.    … Expand
  9. racecaraz
    Aug 26, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Well it's better than payback which was a zero so I guess that leave it a solid one. I wouldnt pay more that $4 for this and still be disappointed.… Expand
  10. Keniel
    Nov 22, 2019
    4
    No es lo que esperaba EA siempre cagándola con los micropagos esto harto de la misma mierda
  11. Morris897
    Dec 12, 2019
    1
    Was actually quite fun, proper tuning options for most cars, racing was alright but sometimes a bit rubberbandy. Story was relatively good altough too short and the game was missing a bit of interesting activities in the endgame. BUT playing the game now feels like russian roulette: either you can play the game as normal, or you get "lucky" and get everything removed but your level andWas actually quite fun, proper tuning options for most cars, racing was alright but sometimes a bit rubberbandy. Story was relatively good altough too short and the game was missing a bit of interesting activities in the endgame. BUT playing the game now feels like russian roulette: either you can play the game as normal, or you get "lucky" and get everything removed but your level and collection progress, meaning ALL of your cars and your money is gone. Its some weird bug that seems to exist since 3 weeks. No chance of getting your stuff back. EA seems to be aware of it but to incompetent, or to careless to fix it.… Expand
  12. gamer_bunny
    Mar 15, 2021
    2
    Another disappointment NFS. The graphics are fine, but the story is very forced politically correct. I didn't like the music. . Electronic Arts ruined the entire saga since the last Need for speed. I miss the NFS Underground and the Most Wanted.
  13. Hix2500
    Feb 14, 2021
    2
    TL;DR; Based on a good idea. Terrible game design flaws. Horrible music.

    Well, all what I wanted is to have fun with some arcade racing game. No big expectations, I just wanted to have a few rides in my spare time. I have tried Heat. The game starts, and the "music" hurts my ears. A lot. Back in the golden era of NFS series, they tried to make the music more or less enjoyable for many    TL;DR; Based on a good idea. Terrible game design flaws. Horrible music.

    Well, all what I wanted is to have fun with some arcade racing game. No big expectations, I just wanted to have a few rides in my spare time. I have tried Heat. The game starts, and the "music" hurts my ears. A lot. Back in the golden era of NFS series, they tried to make the music more or less enjoyable for many (maybe all) kind of audiences. This one? The first game in my life where I HAVE TO turn off the music, because it makes me vomit. But let's say, that this is ok, music turned off (I repeat: first time in my 25 years of gaming), let's go to the game. It is looking nice. Not as good as Forza Horizon 4, but it is ok. The customization of the cars is really amazing. Even the engine sound can be tuned. I really liked that. The basic idea of dividing the game into day and night racing is also a very good idea, with a lot of potential in it. The driving? Just the usual arcade stuff, I was looking for. Not too hard, easy to learn, and then fun to race. Well... not really fun. The races during the days are more or less ok. At least at first sight. Until I have reached performance levels above 200. Suddenly the AI became much stronger. I am almost not able to beat performance level 205 cars with my 279 stuff. What the hell? How is that possible? Even if I really do no mistakes on the track. Then at the end of the track they suddenly slowing down giving you a last chance to take them over. Really nice, but this is not arcade, this is cheating. Ok, so maybe I have to be MUCH stronger than the competition. I have bought a new BMW for that. I was at reputation level 9. It turned out that in order to buy the really good upgrade stuff for that car, I have to reach at least reputation level 19. Got it? 10 levels between upgrades. Strange, but go for it. You need around 15000 reputation in order to get one level up. The races during the night (still barely above performance level 250) gives you around 2500-3500 points. Do some math. Lets say, the average you get is 3000. So you need five wins per level. It is about 50 race that you have to win during night before getting your car to the next level? Who the hell designed this? But I know what is in your mind: "you have to raise heat level, because this acts as a multiplier to your reputation". That is true. I tell you where the problem is.

    1.) As I mentioned as soon as you reach performance level 200 the AI cars suddenly much faster then you. Frustrating.
    2.) The traffic is literally totally against you. They try to make you crash, EVERY time there is a hill, and you are moving yourself to the opposite lane of the traffic, a car will be placed right before you, and you will crash, that is for sure. The same applies for crossroads. A firetruck, or an ambulance will be crossing it right before you. You have around 99% chance for this to happen. Frustrating.
    3.) The police. I still remember that this is an arcade game. And I've had great-great fun NFS:MW in the good old times. Wrecking almost a hundred chasing cars, and do chases for around an hour. I really liked it. And it was an arcade game as well. But in Heat? That is just terrible, and FRUSTRATING. Their cars are made from solid rock, and they produce 10-20 times better acceleration then an F1 car. Even if we are on a curvy road driving around 200 KM/H, and they are well behind me: from a sudden two police cars are crashing me from behind, with speeds around 350 KM/H. Health goes to half, one more like that and I am over. That happens five seconds later, my night is over, and I have a hard time not crashing my TV with my controller. Because it is just FRUSTRATING. Not hard. Frustrating. Hard is when you can do something better with practice. There is no practice that helps you out in this case, it is random. No driving style saves you from the police. Only glitches, like they can not follow when you jump. Really? Designers? That is the solution? Go for a jump, and since you have implemented an intentionally flawed following logic, after a jump, then maybe you are saved. This what I call a very bad design. Even the advantage you can get is also based on a design flaw.
    4.) Not to mention the destroyable objects. They are very nice. Expect when suddenly turns out that the particular object you hit, was not destroyable, and you are stopped right where you are, and loosed a lots of HP as well. Frustrating. And bad design.

    This game is frustration simulator. And it does it damn well. Every time when you should achieve something in the game, the designers make it much harder to achieve by FRUSTRATING you. Bad design, from bad designers. I am really sorry for that game. It could be a cool arcade game, if challenges wouldn't be based on a random generator, but based on skills and practice. The designers should give a try to the good old NFS:MW from 2005. I say, the race at that time was fun. Not frustrating.    … Expand
  14. BharborButcher0
    May 30, 2022
    2
    Muito fraco, cidade vazia e com predios muito mal feitos, eventos repetitivos, historia curta, trilha sonora ridicula, jogo entediante, terminei na marra. vale a pena se comprar por 20,00 reais, não mais do que isso.
  15. contrast513
    Jun 5, 2023
    4
    wtf going on in palm city. Hdksksdbjakdwalskskjdhsjsjsjskzkszsk damn 75 characters thingie

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Mixed or average reviews - based on 29 Critic Reviews

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  1. ZTGD
    Dec 11, 2019
    80
    Ultimately, Need for Speed: Heat is a decent racer. In fact, I would say it is a great playing one. It’s just missing something new. Since Most Wanted on the 360, the formula hasn’t changed much. Payback tried to, but never really came into its own. Heat has everything that is needed to make a fun racing game, and it does so very well. Maybe I’m just looking for something and don’t really know what it is. I enjoyed my time with Heat and I’m sure other arcade racing fans will too. It’s a solid game that plays and looks great, even with the little grind that may come along with it.
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  2. Easy Allies
    Dec 11, 2019
    65
    This latest Need for Speed doesn’t have any luck-based schemes disrupting the progression this time around, but there’s nothing moving the series forward either. The core parts that have been strong in the past aren’t quite as potent here, and the supporting elements feel directionless and half-baked. Need for Speed Heat is like a beat up old ride that’s still good to burn some rubber and get you around town, but don’t expect to turn any heads along the way.
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  3. GAMINGbible
    Dec 5, 2019
    70
    Need For Speed Heat is more fun than I was expecting. It's hugely enjoyable, and almost relaxing, to fly down the roads of Palm City. If you like NFS games, you'll have a good time with Heat. Personally, grinding away to fully unlock everything in the game doesn't wholly appeal, but I'm sure to be jumping back into this one, for an hour of so of escapism, driving recklessly to raucous music.
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