New Feature: The Heat System

New Feature: The Heat System

A new gameplay system has been introduced to Pentito: Heat.

Heat represents the amount of attention your criminal activities are attracting from the authorities in a particular city. Every player builds Heat individually, and Heat is tracked separately in each city. This means that the pressure you create in New York, for example, does not automatically follow you to another city.

When you repeatedly perform criminal actions in the same location, your Heat will gradually increase. The higher your Heat becomes, the more difficult it will be to successfully carry out local criminal activities. Criminals who become too active or predictable will find that the authorities are paying much closer attention to their movements.

The introduction of Heat adds a new strategic consideration to your daily activities. Instead of continuously committing crimes in the same city, you may need to spread out your operations, temporarily move elsewhere or allow the situation to cool down before returning.

Players who carefully plan where and when they act will have a clear advantage. Those who continue to attract attention without considering the consequences may find themselves operating under increasingly difficult circumstances.

Keep an eye on your Heat in every city, adapt your strategy when the pressure starts to rise, and do everything you can to remain under the radar.

In Pentito, committing the crime is only part of the challenge. The real skill lies in knowing when to strike and when to disappear.