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.
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]
80
With over 120 cars and customisation options to improve performance, there doesn't seem to be much purpose to continue rising once the story mode is complete, and the only sense of competitiveness comes from the standard cop pursuits. However, there is no doubt that Need for Speed: Heat is one of the better entries in the franchise since Ghost Games has taken over development.
0
I was liking the game but the cops are such **** **** in this. I do one race at night and right at the end of the race, I'm chased by 2 cops for 10 minutes after I got just got done racing. And then the heat level just slowly rises and gets worse and worse. I did ONE **** race and ended up at heat level 4!! Deleted it after that happened to me twice, because coupled with the autosave making it so you can't get close to the amount of rep/money you would have gotten for the first time. Almost like its done on purpose to make you grind more. Hmm.. anyways, no more dumbass **** like that for me anymore.
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Need For Speed Heat (2019)
Jugabilidad 9
Gráficos 8.7
Rendimiento 9.7
Sonido 10
Música 6.0
Diseño de niveles 10
IA 9
Total: 8.9
2
After Underground, I wanted to see what the Need for Speed games were like. This one feels pretty boring and grindy, it didn’t excite me at all. The only thing I really liked was the very short story’s characters. Drifting is terrible, every single second of it was suffering, and the cops are extremely annoying—almost impossible to shake off, it was awful. I thought, okay, this is something you can finish in about 20 hours and only the crappy collectibles remain, and honestly there’s no real point in getting a good car anyway. I was sure it was some €30 little title, then I check and it’s €70. What a joke. I definitely don’t recommend it, maybe at 95% off.
Need for Speed Heat
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Nov 8, 2019
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72
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6.3
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Nov 22, 2019
90
When a game is genuinely good, it doesn’t feel like I’m playing it just for the sake of the review. Need for Speed Heat evokes that feeling as I’m simply having too much fun with it. Compared to its obvious role models, it doesn’t ramble all over the place but has a grateful focus to it. The game comfortably speeds along a yellow brick road that goes neatly between calculated appeal of Forza Horizon and the excess abundance of The Crew, and that’s why I liked it better than those two. In fact, I’m afraid that NFS Heat kind of spoils its genre. I need games with a human touch and after this, racing games without this much personality just won’t do anymore
Nov 12, 2019
80
Need for Speed Heat may be a greatest hits collection of past success stories in an attempt to make up for the past, but it still pushes the pedal to the metal when it comes to being a guilty pleasure of pure street racing junk food that’s hot off the engine block.
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Jul 12, 2025
10
This is game it is awesome İt is the Best 2nd Need For speed game But Unbound it is so bad but l play Nfs Heat ps5
Nov 13, 2019
78
Need for Speed has meant different things over the years, but Heat is a good all-around representation of the franchise. The police could be a little more prominent, and the world – while well stocked – isn’t as interesting as Forza Horizon’s, for instance, but NFS Heat is the best iteration since Ghost Games’ reboot in 2015.
Nov 25, 2019
70
When Need for Speed: Heat is producing its promised fantasy, it’s a wonderful game which I’m always happy to keep coming back to. Ghost Games have improved their engine and systems to make the city and cars feel better than ever, and Heat’s core gameplay loop is designed to last. Occasionally there are the moments which require suspension of disbelief, and it’s possible for the more misguided elements to build tedium in an otherwise strong entry to the series. Heat is a marked improvement on the last few Need for Speed games, however, and I hope that further refinement will see the series better deliver on its legacy.
Nov 14, 2019
70
Palm City is a lot of fun to explore at night, yet kind of boring during the day. Lots of tuning options and exciting chase sequences will keep you playing, though the same can unfortunately not be said about the game's lackluster story.
Nov 25, 2019
65
Need for Speed Heat is an average game that maintains some essential elements of the franchise, with some poor implementations that sabotaged the project itself.
Nov 18, 2019
30
If Forza and Heat were in a boxing match, Forza would be Mike Tyson in his prime and Heat would be a toddler.
Mar 31, 2025
10
It is way better than unbound.Because it brings the feeling to really escape from the cops not like in nfs unbound. Also und good memories is is the tuning and the nice Grafik all in all good game.
Oct 17, 2025
7
The game starts with a very interesting story, but it's quite **** customization is a big highlight of the game. The mechanics of daytime and nighttime racing are also ****'s a good game to pass the time, but it leaves you wanting a little more.
Feb 1, 2025
7
A good attempt at EA to finally come up with something even average and they managed just that. An alright game with some alright tracks on the radio and the casual disappointing/forgettable story mode(story who?)
Nov 15, 2025
4
Grind for speed
imagine paying money to drive each car you have to grind for 1 hour or 2 hours
you paid real money to play the game race pay is peanut compared to mid and late game carrs
SummaryHustle 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.... Read More
Rated Tfor Teen
Platforms:
- Xbox One
- PC
- PlayStation 4
Initial Release Date:Nov 8, 2019
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