Heat vs Unbound? Help me decide

[Kuduaty]

I think of buying some racing game, it was a long time I played some.
Im not a big fan of cars but I love good racing game.
I preffer arcade driving than realistic one.
I loved The Crew and The Crew 2 before they ruined it with microtransactions.

Which game would suit me better in Your opinion, and why?
Heat? Unbound? Maybe something different?

Thanks for Your time. Merry christmas and Happy New Year!

[ComradeDiamond]

both are good and extremely cheap right now, personally lean towards heat more.

[Kuduaty]

Originally posted by ComradeDiamond:

both are good and extremely cheap right now, personally lean towards heat more.

What about heat DLCs? Are they worth? Must-have?

[Damian]

I'm playing now Heat, it's fun, feels more like a child game than the old "racing" games.
For example my fav racing NFS was ProStreet.

[K4]

Originally posted by Asgard:

Originally posted by ComradeDiamond:

both are good and extremely cheap right now, personally lean towards heat more.

What about heat DLCs? Are they worth? Must-have?

For Unbound probably yes, but for Heat you don't need any DLCs, because the game was discountinued anyways.

[Lightning]

get them both while you still can

[Kuduaty]

Originally posted by Lightning:

get them both while you still can

Im not that into racing games, don't need both, just reading reviews which one is better and can't decide.

[Razzr]

Hands down Heat, it's way better. Freedom to pick day or night racing and the game combines single and multiplayer modes together. You get a nice car with good parts and it's working in both modes.

Reasons why Unbound is a no from me:
The game decides for You when to race during the day and when to go night. Also your campaign progress doesn't transfer to multiplayer, You have to get everything all over again in multiplayer. It's a massive waste of time.

[Lynette_Sai]

HEAT is a beginner-friendly game.
It is very easy and allows you to experience a variety of games. You can control your stress level. From stress-free daytime festivals to sweaty nighttime police chases.
It is a game with a very well-made foundation, and it currently has the highest number of users.

Unbound is a work for enthusiasts.
The handling of this game is difficult enough that you have to spend some time learning it.
Single-player like a mission, multiplayer that has been diversified through 2 years of updates.
This is a game for competitive multiplayer.

[hazecloud ( ☞♥◞ ♥)]

at least someone said that both have good story, even though many said unbound story sucks. if you haven't been playing nfs for a long time i'd say get both. i like heat but probably burn out if i play unbound cause i don't really like multi player focused game.

get as many nfs titles as you can if it's cheap i would say except payback the map sucks.
i had to stop playing this game cause my finger hurts.

[chanoman0311]

need for speed hot pursuit remastered is good but idk if its also on discount

[chanoman0311]

arcade like but the cars feel very heavy

[K4]

Originally posted by Razzr:

Hands down Heat, it's way better. Freedom to pick day or night racing and the game combines single and multiplayer modes together. You get a nice car with good parts and it's working in both modes.

Reasons why Unbound is a no from me:
The game decides for You when to race during the day and when to go night. Also your campaign progress doesn't transfer to multiplayer, You have to get everything all over again in multiplayer. It's a massive waste of time.

Oh right, I forgot about this. EA really screwed up with abandoning Heat.

[DigGumPig]

I'm playing Heat right now after years of not playing any NFS games. It honestly feels like the best spiritual successor to Underground 2 and Most Wanted. It's a lot of fun, challenging but not overly complicated. Multiplayer component is sweet but not crucial. The map is really interesting and big enough that no two race events feel the same. Graphics look amazing to me. Best part about the game is that it just feels "uplifting" to play it, The music really sets the mood. Some race events can feel like you're at an amusement park just because of the soundtrack.

Highly recommend Heat. If you prefer Arcade racing i think you'll love it.

[DigGumPig]

Originally posted by Damian:

I'm playing now Heat, it's fun, feels more like a child game than the old "racing" games.
For example my fav racing NFS was ProStreet.

I wouldn't call Heat a "child game" by any means. It's not very hard sure but it ain't easy either.

ProStreet is probably the odd ball of the NFS franchise. I would describe it as a Colin McRae Rally akin game but with a heavy focus on street racing which by contrast is much harder than most NFS games or any other racing game for that matter. More like a racing simulator.

[REE-POI?]

unbound is just a version of heat that they titled differently, unbound imo is not worth even if it was free i'd still want a refund for it, but steam doesn't allow refunds if you've played for 2 hours or more, just go with heat, save yourself from having to listen to the awful dialogue in the campaign from unbound, it was all forced anyway