Need For Speed Heat - November 8, 2019



TLDR:

  • Open-world
  • Darker, more serious story
  • Ghost Games will use this game as a base for ALL Need for Speed games going forward
  • Game is a fusion of NFS 2015 + NFS Rivals
  • Not always online, can be paused
  • Brake to drift is returning but has been fixed and modified to make it responsive
  • Levelling up unlocks parts like NFS 2015
  • Speed Cards are completely removed
  • Off-road is gone
  • Graphics look better than Payback and is on par with 2015. You've got water on the road, reflections, that kind of thing
  • No Day/Night cycle. Time of day is dictated by which races you get into
  • Rain is confirmed
  • Classic NFS-style cop chases are back and are in free roam. They have heat levels, helicopters are returning to free-roam chases and there's no speedbreakers.
  • Damage bars and petrol stations are returning from Rivals
  • Pro Street Legal Races will be around
  • Speed list assignments are returning from Rivals for a more non-linear experience
  • The appearance of nitrous is a mix between the effect in NFS Rivals and the effect in NFS 2015
  • Heat level has an 80s flair to it
 
Having the ability to pause is now a bullet point. Oh EA.

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Also, why on earth ea continues with these games instead of just making a new burnout goes beyond me, the nfs brand must have lost all recognition as a good series long ago, no?
 
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I haven't played an NFS in a while so I am a bit interested in it. Still not sure on the handling as that is probably the biggest concern. If it has a decent sale for Black Friday it may be worth it. Could also check out the trial on EA Access as well I suppose.
 
Also, why on earth ea continues with these games instead of just making a new burnout goes beyond me, the nfs brand must have lost all recognition as a good series long ago, no?
The series was ruined for me when they let Criterion work on a game. Idk who makes the games now, but they've been awful for a while now. I'd rather see the series go back to the original track based games with insane amounts of detail, or make the games like the original Most Wanted from 2005.
 
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The series was ruined for me when they let Criterion work on a game. Idk who makes the games now, but they've been awful for a while now. I'd rather see the series go back to the original track based games with insane amounts of detail, or make the games like the original Most Wanted from 2005.
Yeah... I'm remembering something about the majority of criterion left after the last burnout... or am I remembering wrong? Might explain the downfall of nfs.
 
Yeah... I'm remembering something about the majority of criterion left after the last burnout... or am I remembering wrong? Might explain the downfall of nfs.
I don't know anything about the company. I just know I've never liked any of the Burnout games.