Games

Need for Speed: Heat

Ghost Games

2019•Racing•PEGI 16•About 19 hours

Taste attributes: actionadventurebusinessdetectivesportsfasttried & testedwholesomelightlinearbig & variedemotionally undemandingall consuming questfighting evilgame/competitionself destruction/implosionsolving the riddle/not as it seemsunderdog triumphs

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Boxlist takeA breakneck, wide-ranging racing game: familiar and accessible. Best if you like pace over patience.

Pace: very fast · Originality: tried and tested · Tone: balanced · Weight: light · Realism: balanced · Story: balanced · Structure: very linear · Look: balanced · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

IGDB rating

70 / 100

244 ratings

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About This Game

Hustle by day and risk it all at night in Need for Speed Heat, a white-knuckle street racer, where the lines of the law fade as the sun starts to set. By day, Palm City hosts the Speedhunter Showdown, a sanctioned competition where you earn Bank to customize and upgrade your high-performance cars. At night, ramp up the intensity in illicit street races that build your reputation, getting you access to bigger races and better parts. But stay ready – cops are waiting and not all of them play fair.

Summary: IGDB

Story

In Palm City, learn to hustle by day and risk it all at night. Drive the world's most popular cars in a mission to form a crew, stake your claim with Palm City's street-racing elites, and uncover a money-laundering conspiracy surrounding the police's High Speed Task Force, led by Lt. Frank Mercer. Get rich, get rolling, and best of all... Get ready for some HEAT!

Characteristics

Where this game sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast

FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal

DarkTONEWholesome

LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy

FantasyREALISMRealistic

SimpleINTRICACYIntricate

Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear

UnderstatedSTYLEStylised

IntimateSCALEEpic

RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

ActionAdventureBusinessDetectiveSportsAll consuming questFighting evilGame/competitionSelf destruction/implosionSolving the riddle/not as it seemsUnderdog triumphs

Keywords

CarsVehicle simulationVehicles

Where to play

Details

Developer: Ghost Games
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Released: 8 November 2019
Series: Need for Speed
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One
Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Perspective: First person, Third person
Time to beat: 19h normally, 32h complete
Age rating: PEGI 16
Taste scores: How we score
Source: IGDB

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