Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI

If a developer changes the EULA AFTER I have purchased the product, I should either be able to continue playing without agreeing to the EULA (with no updates to the game) or offered a full refund. When purchasing I agreed the the EULA at time of purchase, not the one forced on me later. Forced arbitration should be illegal, not sure how it isn't.

Please stay away from this game and avoid purchasing any game products from 2K Corporation and its subsidiaries! Because this company has updated its privacy policy, it will collect all user privacy data during gameplay through methods such as hard disk scanning and browsing history copying, including bank cards, social media, online shopping platform accounts and passwords, and even chat records in social media! Important Info in Terms of Service: • Mods are a bannable offense • Display of Cheats/Exploits is bannable • Forced arbitration clause and a waiver of class action and jury trial rights for all users residing in the United States and any other territory other than Australia, Switzerland, The United Kingdom, or The Territories of The European Economic Area • You can be banned for using a VPN while connecting to online servers • Cannot access game content on a Virtual PC Collected Data Types: • Identifiers / Contact Information: Name, user name, gamertag, postal and email address, phone number, unique IDs, mobile device ID, platform ID, gaming service ID, advertising ID (IDFA, Android ID) and IP address • Protected Characteristics: Age and gender • Commercial Information: Purchase and usage history and preferences, including gameplay information • Billing Information: Payment information (credit / debit card information) and shipping address • Internet / Electronic Activity: Web / app browsing and gameplay information related to the Services; information about your online interaction(s) with the Services or our advertising; and details about the games and platforms you use and other information related to installed applications • Device and Usage Data: Device type, software and hardware details, language settings, browser type and version, operating system, and information about how users use and interact with the Services (e.g., content viewed, pages visited, clicks, scrolls) • Profile Inferences: Inferences made from your information and web activity to help create a personalized profile so we can identify goods and services that may be of interest • Audio / Visual Information: Account photos, images, and avatars, audio information via chat features and functionality, and gameplay recordings and video footage (such as when you participate in playtesting) • Sensitive Information: Precise location information (if you allow the Services to collect your location), account credentials (user name and password), and contents of communications via chat features and functionality.

I've played 5576 hours. I'm a professional 9-5 and ex (and forever) artist. This game is just great. Great pacing, great thoughtfulness. Probably saved my life as it helped replace time spent drinkin'!

Take-Two and 2K games (including Gearbox & Rockstar Games) have silently updated all their games' Terms of Service, turning this game as well as all of their other games into software capable of data farming. Additionally, their Privacy Policy mentions sharing data with ad networks and marketing analytics; it is very explicit that they intend to farm data from you and use it for frivolous monetary gain. ***While Take‑Two disclaims using "spyware", they explicitly reserve broad permissions to monitor, record, store, and analyze user data: including voice, gameplay, and profiles. That’s not spyware in the "deliberately malicious" sense, but it’s still sweeping surveillance capability permitted by legal provisions you agree to. [READ BELOW for more about Take-Two's update statement regarding the issue] Important Info in Terms of Service: • Unsanctioned mods can be a bannable offense (depending on their arbitrary definition of bannable mods) • Display of Cheats/Exploits is bannable • Forced arbitration clause and a waiver of class action and jury trial rights for all users residing in the United States and any other territory other than Australia, Switzerland, The United Kingdom, or The Territories of The European Economic Area • You can be banned for using a VPN while connecting to online servers • Cannot access game content on a Virtual PC Collected Data Types: • Identifiers / Contact Information: Name, user name, gamertag, postal and email address, phone number, unique IDs, mobile device ID, platform ID, gaming service ID, advertising ID (IDFA, Android ID) and IP address • Protected Characteristics: Age and gender • Commercial Information: Purchase and usage history and preferences, including gameplay information • Billing Information: Payment information (credit / debit card information) and shipping address • Internet / Electronic Activity: Web / app browsing and gameplay information related to the Services; information about your online interaction(s) with the Services or our advertising; and details about the games and platforms you use and other information related to installed applications • Device and Usage Data: Device type, software and hardware details, language settings, browser type and version, operating system, and information about how users use and interact with the Services (e.g., content viewed, pages visited, clicks, scrolls) • Profile Inferences: Inferences made from your information and web activity to help create a personalized profile so we can identify goods and services that may be of interest • Audio / Visual Information: Account photos, images, and avatars, audio information via chat features and functionality, and gameplay recordings and video footage (such as when you participate in playtesting) • Sensitive Information: Precise location information (if you allow the Services to collect your location), account credentials (user name and password), and contents of communications via chat features and functionality. *DISCLAIMER*: T-T/2K/Gearbox has put out a statement regarding the misleading statements surrounding the EULA in their games: "Take-Two generally does not seek to take action against mods that are single-player only, non-commercial, and respect the intellectual property" (1) Take-Two Does Not Use Spyware Take-Two does not use spyware in its games. Take-Two's Privacy Policy applies to all labels, studios, games, and services across all media and platform types such as console, PC, mobile app, and website. The Privacy Policy identifies the data activities that may be collected but this does not mean that every example is collected in each game or service. ***This sounds, to me, an awful lot like: "we won't spy on you or collect your info, we swear. BUT, we reserve the right to per the agreement, y'know, in case we ever did want to." Whether they act on the provisions outlined in their EULA or not, the provisions themselves are unethical.

New end of year agreement is amazing. Basically they're saying that they reserve the right to spy on you and get more information that is not at all necessary for playing the game but it's okay you guys, they told us we can opt out of the agreement quite easily. Just delete your 2K account and remove all possession of the game you might have. In case it isn't bad enough that the majority of the loyal fan base felt like they got screwed over with Civ VII they added this cherry on top by trying to rat-fuck you in this EULA. Been a loyal fan of the Civilization series for a long time but now I refuse to play these new Civ games.

Basically all 2K games are Malware and Spyware now => read their new EULA, they collect literally anything on your computer (including visited websites or payment information for example) and install partially rootkit like software on your system that can cause issues and allow full control over your system... Steam should ban all 2K games...

Didn't play the game for a long time and just checked the EULA before starting the game, warned by some posts. Don't forget to open the link to the privacy statement on the 2K site otherwise you miss the most important part. I find it shocking. I don’t write lots of reviews, almost never state my opinion but I have to. In my opinion the concern about the privacy is just. I even wonder if agreeing with this by just starting the game is even legal, especially in the EU. Some data that collected, if in the wrong hands, can have massive consequences for an individual in real life. 2K, why do you need a person’s address, payment methods INCLUDING credit card information, not to mention browser history and even the way I click and scroll on a website? Seriously?? Age and gender can also be shared while most times this is considered protected as you even state in your February 2025 privacy statement. Btw.. you missed religious background. Shame on you! The lust for data seems to have no bounds and any signs of ‘good taste’ seems non-existing, not even remotely. Please restrain yourself a bit instead of brutally invading the privacy of the players and place your players at the top of your priority list. And please spare the marketing sauce trying to ‘justify’ why you do it, this is an insult to you players. Most of them are not stupid and can actually read between the lines. And remember, a studio exists by the grace of the player, not the way around. You needs us, the player. Players do not need a particular studio, plenty of similar games to go around. It’s hard to get new players, it’s easy to lose them… Doing well on the last part, don’t you? I played Civilization from the first game on till Civ VI with a lot of pleasure. And worst of all, I CAN totally recommend the series. All of them (except Civ VII because I didn’t play it yet and can’t play it with this EULA). Spend thousands of hours on the franchise. And now it ends after almost 35 years… So sad… 2K clearly need moral guidance… So… if you don’t care about basic privacy protection, this is your EULA! It should really make you happy knowing that your personal information can (not said that it actually will) end up almost anywhere. However if you do care…

Important Info in Terms of Service: • Mods are a bannable offense • Display of Cheats/Exploits is bannable • Forced arbitration clause and a waiver of class action and jury trial rights for all users residing in the United States and any other territory other than Australia, Switzerland, The United Kingdom, or The Territories of The European Economic Area • You can be banned for using a VPN while connecting to online servers • Cannot access game content on a Virtual PC Collected Data Types: • Identifiers / Contact Information: Name, user name, gamertag, postal and email address, phone number, unique IDs, mobile device ID, platform ID, gaming service ID, advertising ID (IDFA, Android ID) and IP address • Protected Characteristics: Age and gender • Commercial Information: Purchase and usage history and preferences, including gameplay information • Billing Information: Payment information (credit / debit card information) and shipping address • Internet / Electronic Activity: Web / app browsing and gameplay information related to the Services; information about your online interaction(s) with the Services or our advertising; and details about the games and platforms you use and other information related to installed applications • Device and Usage Data: Device type, software and hardware details, language settings, browser type and version, operating system, and information about how users use and interact with the Services (e.g., content viewed, pages visited, clicks, scrolls) • Profile Inferences: Inferences made from your information and web activity to help create a personalized profile so we can identify goods and services that may be of interest • Audio / Visual Information: Account photos, images, and avatars, audio information via chat features and functionality, and gameplay recordings and video footage (such as when you participate in playtesting) • Sensitive Information: Precise location information (if you allow the Services to collect your location), account credentials (user name and password), and contents of communications via chat features and functionality.

Please stay away from this game and avoid purchasing any game products from 2K Corporation and its subsidiaries! Because this company has updated its privacy policy, it will collect all user privacy data during gameplay through methods such as hard disk scanning and browsing history copying, including bank cards, social media, online shopping platform accounts and passwords, and even chat records in social media! Important Info in Terms of Service: • Mods are a bannable offense • Display of Cheats/Exploits is bannable • Forced arbitration clause and a waiver of class action and jury trial rights for all users residing in the United States and any other territory other than Australia, Switzerland, The United Kingdom, or The Territories of The European Economic Area • You can be banned for using a VPN while connecting to online servers • Cannot access game content on a Virtual PC Collected Data Types: • Identifiers / Contact Information: Name, user name, gamertag, postal and email address, phone number, unique IDs, mobile device ID, platform ID, gaming service ID, advertising ID (IDFA, Android ID) and IP address • Protected Characteristics: Age and gender • Commercial Information: Purchase and usage history and preferences, including gameplay information • Billing Information: Payment information (credit / debit card information) and shipping address • Internet / Electronic Activity: Web / app browsing and gameplay information related to the Services; information about your online interaction(s) with the Services or our advertising; and details about the games and platforms you use and other information related to installed applications • Device and Usage Data: Device type, software and hardware details, language settings, browser type and version, operating system, and information about how users use and interact with the Services (e.g., content viewed, pages visited, clicks, scrolls) • Profile Inferences: Inferences made from your information and web activity to help create a personalized profile so we can identify goods and services that may be of interest • Audio / Visual Information: Account photos, images, and avatars, audio information via chat features and functionality, and gameplay recordings and video footage (such as when you participate in playtesting) • Sensitive Information: Precise location information (if you allow the Services to collect your location), account credentials (user name and password), and contents of communications via chat features and functionality.

all 2K games are spyware now. collected data types: • Identifiers / Contact Information: Name, user name, gamertag, postal and email address, phone number, unique IDs, mobile device ID, platform ID, gaming service ID, advertising ID (IDFA, Android ID) and IP address • Protected Characteristics: Age and gender • Commercial Information: Purchase and usage history and preferences, including gameplay information • Billing Information: Payment information (credit / debit card information) and shipping address • Internet / Electronic Activity: Web / app browsing and gameplay information related to the Services; information about your online interaction(s) with the Services or our advertising; and details about the games and platforms you use and other information related to installed applications • Device and Usage Data: Device type, software and hardware details, language settings, browser type and version, operating system, and information about how users use and interact with the Services (e.g., content viewed, pages visited, clicks, scrolls) • Profile Inferences: Inferences made from your information and web activity to help create a personalized profile so we can identify goods and services that may be of interest • Audio / Visual Information: Account photos, images, and avatars, audio information via chat features and functionality, and gameplay recordings and video footage (such as when you participate in playtesting) • Sensitive Information: Precise location information (if you allow the Services to collect your location), account credentials (user name and password), and contents of communications via chat features and functionality. In addition to that: • Mods are a bannable offense • Display of Cheats/Exploits is bannable • Forced arbitration clause and a waiver of class action and jury trial rights for all users residing in the United States and any other territory other than Australia, Switzerland, The United Kingdom, or The Territories of The European Economic Area • You can be banned for using a VPN while connecting to online servers • Cannot access game content on a Virtual PC • Best for last, they reserve the right to modify this Agreement, in whole or in part, at any time

all 2K games are spyware now. collected data types: • Identifiers / Contact Information: Name, user name, gamertag, postal and email address, phone number, unique IDs, mobile device ID, platform ID, gaming service ID, advertising ID (IDFA, Android ID) and IP address • Protected Characteristics: Age and gender • Commercial Information: Purchase and usage history and preferences, including gameplay information • Billing Information: Payment information (credit / debit card information) and shipping address • Internet / Electronic Activity: Web / app browsing and gameplay information related to the Services; information about your online interaction(s) with the Services or our advertising; and details about the games and platforms you use and other information related to installed applications • Device and Usage Data: Device type, software and hardware details, language settings, browser type and version, operating system, and information about how users use and interact with the Services (e.g., content viewed, pages visited, clicks, scrolls) • Profile Inferences: Inferences made from your information and web activity to help create a personalized profile so we can identify goods and services that may be of interest • Audio / Visual Information: Account photos, images, and avatars, audio information via chat features and functionality, and gameplay recordings and video footage (such as when you participate in playtesting) • Sensitive Information: Precise location information (if you allow the Services to collect your location), account credentials (user name and password), and contents of communications via chat features and functionality. In addition to that: • Mods are a bannable offense • Display of Cheats/Exploits is bannable • Forced arbitration clause and a waiver of class action and jury trial rights for all users residing in the United States and any other territory other than Australia, Switzerland, The United Kingdom, or The Territories of The European Economic Area • You can be banned for using a VPN while connecting to online servers • Cannot access game content on a Virtual PC • Best for last, they reserve the right to modify this Agreement, in whole or in part, at any time

WARNING - DO NOT BUY 2K GAMES Take-Two and 2K games have updated all their games Terms of Service, turning this game as well as all of their other games into literal spyware. Important Info in Terms of Service: • Mods are a bannable offense • Display of Cheats/Exploits is bannable • Forced arbitration clause and a waiver of class action and jury trial rights for all users residing in the United States and any other territory other than Australia, Switzerland, The United Kingdom, or The Territories of The European Economic Area • You can be banned for using a VPN while connecting to online servers • Cannot access game content on a Virtual PC Collected Data Types: • Identifiers / Contact Information: Name, user name, gamertag, postal and email address, phone number, unique IDs, mobile device ID, platform ID, gaming service ID, advertising ID (IDFA, Android ID) and IP address • Protected Characteristics: Age and gender • Commercial Information: Purchase and usage history and preferences, including gameplay information • Billing Information: Payment information (credit / debit card information) and shipping address • Internet / Electronic Activity: Web / app browsing and gameplay information related to the Services; information about your online interaction(s) with the Services or our advertising; and details about the games and platforms you use and other information related to installed applications • Device and Usage Data: Device type, software and hardware details, language settings, browser type and version, operating system, and information about how users use and interact with the Services (e.g., content viewed, pages visited, clicks, scrolls) • Profile Inferences: Inferences made from your information and web activity to help create a personalized profile so we can identify goods and services that may be of interest • Audio / Visual Information: Account photos, images, and avatars, audio information via chat features and functionality, and gameplay recordings and video footage (such as when you participate in playtesting) • Sensitive Information: Precise location information (if you allow the Services to collect your location), account credentials (user name and password), and contents of communications via chat features and functionality.

Categories of Information Collected The type of information we collect depends on how you use the Services. Generally, we collect the following information: Identifiers / Contact Information: Name, user name, gamertag, postal and email address, phone number, unique IDs, mobile device ID, platform ID, gaming service ID, advertising ID (IDFA, Android ID) and IP address Protected Characteristics: Age and gender Commercial Information: Purchase and usage history and preferences, including gameplay information Billing Information: Payment information (credit / debit card information) and shipping address Internet / Electronic Activity: Web / app browsing and gameplay information related to the Services; information about your online interaction(s) with the Services or our advertising; and details about the games and platforms you use and other information related to installed applications Device and Usage Data: Device type, software and hardware details, language settings, browser type and version, operating system, and information about how users use and interact with the Services (e.g., content viewed, pages visited, clicks, scrolls) Profile Inferences: Inferences made from your information and web activity to help create a personalized profile so we can identify goods and services that may be of interest Audio / Visual Information: Account photos, images, and avatars, audio information via chat features and functionality, and gameplay recordings and video footage (such as when you participate in playtesting) Sensitive Information: Precise location information (if you allow the Services to collect your location), account credentials (user name and password), and contents of communications via chat features and functionality.

Important Info in Terms of Service: • Mods are a bannable offense • Display of Cheats/Exploits is bannable • Forced arbitration clause and a waiver of class action and jury trial rights for all users residing in the United States and any other territory other than Australia, Switzerland, The United Kingdom, or The Territories of The European Economic Area • You can be banned for using a VPN while connecting to online servers • Cannot access game content on a Virtual PC Collected Data Types: • Identifiers / Contact Information: Name, user name, gamertag, postal and email address, phone number, unique IDs, mobile device ID, platform ID, gaming service ID, advertising ID (IDFA, Android ID) and IP address • Protected Characteristics: Age and gender • Commercial Information: Purchase and usage history and preferences, including gameplay information • Billing Information: Payment information (credit / debit card information) and shipping address • Internet / Electronic Activity: Web / app browsing and gameplay information related to the Services; information about your online interaction(s) with the Services or our advertising; and details about the games and platforms you use and other information related to installed applications • Device and Usage Data: Device type, software and hardware details, language settings, browser type and version, operating system, and information about how users use and interact with the Services (e.g., content viewed, pages visited, clicks, scrolls) • Profile Inferences: Inferences made from your information and web activity to help create a personalized profile so we can identify goods and services that may be of interest • Audio / Visual Information: Account photos, images, and avatars, audio information via chat features and functionality, and gameplay recordings and video footage (such as when you participate in playtesting) • Sensitive Information: Precise location information (if you allow the Services to collect your location), account credentials (user name and password), and contents of communications via chat features and functionality.

Same concept as the other civ games, takes time to master some of the tactics to win at highest difficulty and that makes it perfect for players that have already got a good experience on the civ franchise. But you can of course set the difficulty lower and enjoy a more relaxed run, very good for newer players. Few very minor flaws here and there, like the warmongering penality system a bit too cruel and the ai handling of naval combat. Overall extremely good. What I don't recommend is the dlcs, I tried both Gathering Storm and Rise&Fall. I find they are actually a lot worse than the base game. More unbalanced, harder to play, not in a good way. They add a few new civilazions mostly useless/redundant, and new rules which just make gameplay more subject to random impredictable events or simply cause annoyance. I got them with 90% discount and I am glad I did as I don't recommend paying more than £2-3 for them if you really want to.

Take-Two and its subsidiaries, including 2K Games, Gearbox, and Rockstar Games, have quietly updated their Terms of Service across all their titles, including Civilization VI. This means their software now has extensive permissions to collect and analyze your data. Their Privacy Policy clearly states they share information with advertising networks and marketing analytics firms, using your data for commercial purposes. While Take-Two denies installing "spyware," they do reserve broad rights to monitor, record, and store various user data - such as voice, gameplay activity, and profile information. This isn't necessarily malicious spyware, but it definitely amounts to extensive surveillance authorized by the agreements we accept when playing their games. Stay informed and consider what data you're agreeing to share.

WARNING - DO NOT BUY 2K GAMES Take-Two and 2K games have updated all their games Terms of Service, turning this game as well as all of their other games into literal spyware. Important Info in Terms of Service: • Mods are a bannable offense • Display of Cheats/Exploits is bannable • Forced arbitration clause and a waiver of class action and jury trial rights for all users residing in the United States and any other territory other than Australia, Switzerland, The United Kingdom, or The Territories of The European Economic Area • You can be banned for using a VPN while connecting to online servers • Cannot access game content on a Virtual PC Collected Data Types: • Identifiers / Contact Information: Name, user name, gamertag, postal and email address, phone number, unique IDs, mobile device ID, platform ID, gaming service ID, advertising ID (IDFA, Android ID) and IP address • Protected Characteristics: Age and gender • Commercial Information: Purchase and usage history and preferences, including gameplay information • Billing Information: Payment information (credit / debit card information) and shipping address • Internet / Electronic Activity: Web / app browsing and gameplay information related to the Services; information about your online interaction(s) with the Services or our advertising; and details about the games and platforms you use and other information related to installed applications • Device and Usage Data: Device type, software and hardware details, language settings, browser type and version, operating system, and information about how users use and interact with the Services (e.g., content viewed, pages visited, clicks, scrolls) • Profile Inferences: Inferences made from your information and web activity to help create a personalized profile so we can identify goods and services that may be of interest • Audio / Visual Information: Account photos, images, and avatars, audio information via chat features and functionality, and gameplay recordings and video footage (such as when you participate in playtesting) • Sensitive Information: Precise location information (if you allow the Services to collect your location), account credentials (user name and password), and contents of communications via chat features and functionality.

这种随意修改用户协议的游戏平台可以退款吗？ Can I apply for a refund for a game that modifies the user agreement at will after release?

Good game is now spyware. Changing EULA in an already released game is dog shit. Tangentially, Go support STOP KILLING GAMES initiative if you're in the EU.

gonna be so fr with you chief, im not letting the EULA spyware onto my pc goated game, 2K can lick my fermented nuts

great game until they decided to change their EULA. i advise everybody to read their agreements very closely.

Civ 6 has quietly updated its Terms of Service to include spyware-level data collection - collecting your name, email, search history, and more. It’s a blatant invasion of privacy, and companies this size are constant targets for hacks and leaks. Your personal data, even your bank info, could be at serious risk. Civ 6 can be fun at times, but this TOS change poses a real threat to your online safety. No game is worth exposing your identity, finances, and digital life to this level of risk.

Take-Two and 2K games (including Gearbox & Rockstar Games) have silently updated all their games' Terms of Service, turning this game as well as all of their other games into software capable of data farming. Additionally, their Privacy Policy mentions sharing data with ad networks and marketing analytics; it is very explicit that they intend to farm data from you and use it for frivolous monetary gain. ***While Take‑Two disclaims using "spyware", they explicitly reserve broad permissions to monitor, record, store, and analyze user data: including voice, gameplay, and profiles. That’s not spyware in the "deliberately malicious" sense, but it’s still sweeping surveillance capability permitted by legal provisions you agree to. [READ BELOW for more about Take-Two's update statement regarding the issue] Important Info in Terms of Service: • Unsanctioned mods can be a bannable offense (depending on their arbitrary definition of bannable mods) • Display of Cheats/Exploits is bannable • Forced arbitration clause and a waiver of class action and jury trial rights for all users residing in the United States and any other territory other than Australia, Switzerland, The United Kingdom, or The Territories of The European Economic Area • You can be banned for using a VPN while connecting to online servers • Cannot access game content on a Virtual PC Collected Data Types: • Identifiers / Contact Information: Name, user name, gamertag, postal and email address, phone number, unique IDs, mobile device ID, platform ID, gaming service ID, advertising ID (IDFA, Android ID) and IP address • Protected Characteristics: Age and gender • Commercial Information: Purchase and usage history and preferences, including gameplay information • Billing Information: Payment information (credit / debit card information) and shipping address • Internet / Electronic Activity: Web / app browsing and gameplay information related to the Services; information about your online interaction(s) with the Services or our advertising; and details about the games and platforms you use and other information related to installed applications • Device and Usage Data: Device type, software and hardware details, language settings, browser type and version, operating system, and information about how users use and interact with the Services (e.g., content viewed, pages visited, clicks, scrolls) • Profile Inferences: Inferences made from your information and web activity to help create a personalized profile so we can identify goods and services that may be of interest • Audio / Visual Information: Account photos, images, and avatars, audio information via chat features and functionality, and gameplay recordings and video footage (such as when you participate in playtesting) • Sensitive Information: Precise location information (if you allow the Services to collect your location), account credentials (user name and password), and contents of communications via chat features and functionality. *DISCLAIMER*: T-T/2K/Gearbox has put out a statement regarding the misleading statements surrounding the EULA in their games: "Take-Two generally does not seek to take action against mods that are single-player only, non-commercial, and respect the intellectual property" (1) Take-Two Does Not Use Spyware Take-Two does not use spyware in its games. Take-Two's Privacy Policy applies to all labels, studios, games, and services across all media and platform types such as console, PC, mobile app, and website. The Privacy Policy identifies the data activities that may be collected but this does not mean that every example is collected in each game or service. ***This sounds, to me, an awful lot like: "we won't spy on you or collect your info, we swear. BUT, we reserve the right to per the agreement, y'know, in case we ever did want to." Whether they act on the provisions outlined in their EULA or not, the provisions themselves are unethical.

DONT BUY 2K games!!!! they force you to install spyware on your computer that over aggressively mines all of your personal info! every single piece of info!!! you basically just give them complete access to your computer!

We used to enjoy this game. However, we can no longer recommend it as it is published by 2K, and as such, having installed allows them to: Ban you for cheats or exploits Ban you for modding the game Ban you for playing with a VPN Use a forced arbitration clause and a waiver of class action and jury trial rights for all users residing in the United States and any other territory other than Australia, Switzerland, The United Kingdom, or The Territories of The European Economic Area Prevent you from accessing the game using a virtual machine And collect your name, user name, gamertag, postal and email address, phone number, unique IDs, mobile device ID, platform ID, gaming service ID, advertising ID, IP address, age, gender, purchase and usage history and preferences, including gameplay information, credit and debit card information, shipping address, photos, images, gameplay recordings, video footage, and precise location information. With 2K, a comprehensive dox of your entire life is just a data breach away!™

One of the greatest games of all time now with spyware!! And you need to fork up tons of money since the game kinda sucks without all expansions. But they still need to steal your data... Class action lawsuit?

Civilization VI is a very balanced game, meaning you can win with any civilization with the right know-hows.

Take-Two and 2K games have updated all their games Terms of Service, turning this game as well as all of their other games into literal spyware. Important Info in Terms of Service: • Mods are a bannable offense • Display of Cheats/Exploits is bannable • Forced arbitration clause and a waiver of class action and jury trial rights for all users residing in the United States and any other territory other than Australia, Switzerland, The United Kingdom, or The Territories of The European Economic Area • You can be banned for using a VPN while connecting to online servers • Cannot access game content on a Virtual PC Collected Data Types: • Identifiers / Contact Information: Name, user name, gamertag, postal and email address, phone number, unique IDs, mobile device ID, platform ID, gaming service ID, advertising ID (IDFA, Android ID) and IP address • Protected Characteristics: Age and gender • Commercial Information: Purchase and usage history and preferences, including gameplay information • Billing Information: Payment information (credit / debit card information) and shipping address • Internet / Electronic Activity: Web / app browsing and gameplay information related to the Services; information about your online interaction(s) with the Services or our advertising; and details about the games and platforms you use and other information related to installed applications • Device and Usage Data: Device type, software and hardware details, language settings, browser type and version, operating system, and information about how users use and interact with the Services (e.g., content viewed, pages visited, clicks, scrolls) • Profile Inferences: Inferences made from your information and web activity to help create a personalized profile so we can identify goods and services that may be of interest • Audio / Visual Information: Account photos, images, and avatars, audio information via chat features and functionality, and gameplay recordings and video footage (such as when you participate in playtesting) • Sensitive Information: Precise location information (if you allow the Services to collect your location), account credentials (user name and password), and contents of communications via chat features and functionality.

Very good game that I cannot unfortunately recommend anymore. New Take Two privacy policy MAY collects spyware level of personal information on my computer activity. I did not agree to this when purchasing the game.

As a gamer, I am deeply disappointed with 2K. This is not just a case of a gaming company misusing user data—it is a blatant violation of privacy. Credible reports indicate that 2K has been collecting and using players’ personal information without explicit consent. This crosses a clear moral and legal line. Even more alarming is how 2K is increasingly becoming a tool for political agendas. When a game company starts serving political purposes instead of focusing on its games, we must be vigilant: gaming is no longer just entertainment—it is being manipulated and weaponized. The gaming community is not a playground for data exploitation or ideological control. We cannot turn a blind eye to this. Today it’s your privacy; tomorrow it could be your in-game speech and choices that are censored. [b] I urge all players to stop supporting 2K’s products and refuse to be complicit in this abuse. Let us take a stand and show them that the gaming world should remain free and pure—not a pawn of politics. [/b]

EN \ RU WARNING - 2K GAMES Spying you Take-Two and 2K games have updated all their games Terms of Service, turning this game as well as all of their other games into literal spyware. including Borderlands, Bioshock, Mafia, Civilization, X-Com and others. Important information in the Terms of Service: • All information about you, including personal data (name, address, phone numbers, transactions, software used on the PC and other goodies, including porn that you watch), is collected and then leaked to potential advertisers • Banned for mods • Banned for cheats and exploits • Banned for VPN • Banned for virtual machines • Ads can be shown in games, as if it were a free mobile milking machine • You automatically refuse to file a lawsuit when you launch their games • And finally: they reserve the right to change this Agreement in whole or in part at any time See you in the green store, guys. RU\ ВНИМАНИЕ - 2K GAMES Шпионит за вами Take-Two и 2K games обновили лицензионные соглашения на все свои игры, включая бордерлендс, биошок, мафию, цивилизацию, икс ком и другие. Важная информация в Условиях обслуживания: • О вас собирается вся инфа, включая персональные данные (имя, адрес, телефонные номера, транзакции, используемое на пк по и прочие прелести, включая порно, которое вы смотрите), после чего сливается потенциальным рекламодателям • За моды бан • За читы и эксплойты бан • За впн бан • За виртуальную машину бан • В играх могут показывать рекламные ролики, будто это бесплатная мобильная доилка • Вы на автомате отказываетесь от подачи иска в суд при запуске их игр • И последнее: они оставляют за собой право изменять это Соглашение полностью или частично в любое время Увидимся в зелёном магазине, ребята.

Take-Two and 2K games (including Gearbox & Rockstar Games) have silently updated all their games' Terms of Service, turning this game as well as all of their other games into software capable of data farming. Additionally, their Privacy Policy mentions sharing data with ad networks and marketing analytics; it is very explicit that they intend to farm data from you and use it for frivolous monetary gain. ***While Take‑Two disclaims using "spyware", they explicitly reserve broad permissions to monitor, record, store, and analyze user data: including voice, gameplay, and profiles. That’s not spyware in the "deliberately malicious" sense, but it’s still sweeping surveillance capability permitted by legal provisions you agree to. [READ BELOW for more about Take-Two's update statement regarding the issue] Important Info in Terms of Service: • Unsanctioned mods can be a bannable offense (depending on their arbitrary definition of bannable mods) • Display of Cheats/Exploits is bannable • Forced arbitration clause and a waiver of class action and jury trial rights for all users residing in the United States and any other territory other than Australia, Switzerland, The United Kingdom, or The Territories of The European Economic Area • You can be banned for using a VPN while connecting to online servers • Cannot access game content on a Virtual PC Collected Data Types: • Identifiers / Contact Information: Name, user name, gamertag, postal and email address, phone number, unique IDs, mobile device ID, platform ID, gaming service ID, advertising ID (IDFA, Android ID) and IP address • Protected Characteristics: Age and gender • Commercial Information: Purchase and usage history and preferences, including gameplay information • Billing Information: Payment information (credit / debit card information) and shipping address • Internet / Electronic Activity: Web / app browsing and gameplay information related to the Services; information about your online interaction(s) with the Services or our advertising; and details about the games and platforms you use and other information related to installed applications • Device and Usage Data: Device type, software and hardware details, language settings, browser type and version, operating system, and information about how users use and interact with the Services (e.g., content viewed, pages visited, clicks, scrolls) • Profile Inferences: Inferences made from your information and web activity to help create a personalized profile so we can identify goods and services that may be of interest • Audio / Visual Information: Account photos, images, and avatars, audio information via chat features and functionality, and gameplay recordings and video footage (such as when you participate in playtesting) • Sensitive Information: Precise location information (if you allow the Services to collect your location), account credentials (user name and password), and contents of communications via chat features and functionality. *DISCLAIMER*: T-T/2K/Gearbox has put out a statement regarding the misleading statements surrounding the EULA in their games: "Take-Two generally does not seek to take action against mods that are single-player only, non-commercial, and respect the intellectual property" (1) Take-Two Does Not Use Spyware Take-Two does not use spyware in its games. Take-Two's Privacy Policy applies to all labels, studios, games, and services across all media and platform types such as console, PC, mobile app, and website. The Privacy Policy identifies the data activities that may be collected but this does not mean that every example is collected in each game or service. ***This sounds, to me, an awful lot like: "we won't spy on you or collect your info, we swear. BUT, we reserve the right to per the agreement, y'know, in case we ever did want to." Whether they act on the provisions outlined in their EULA or not, the provisions themselves are unethical. Thx to the user "toe ring that binds..." for all the info about the recent conduct of the publisher and developer

privacy policy can be bypassed by going into properties --> file location whatever --> find the civ dx12 / dx11 .exe, launch thru that. will prompt u to either accept or decline privacy policy every launch which is annoying, but doesn't lock you out if you decline. only got it bc it was 3$ on steam summer sale lol

DO NOT PAY, find another way. after years of playing civ games i will never pay for another out of pure principal. i purchased years ago and wont accept the new one and cant play without without doing so. guess where I'm getting it from. just play an "Offline only" copy

The game is still spyware. You pay 3 bucks now, but they get untold hundreds from wholesaling your data to the highest bidder? They say they aren't actively scooping up data. But can you really believe that after their disaster otherwise known as Civ 7? They're trying to recoup their losses, and YOU ARE THE PRODUCT. Fuck that. 2K is actively ruining one of the best game franchises on the market... what a vile company.

Shit game because of the updated EULA. Corporations think they can do whatever to people only seeing us as cattle to profit from.

My 2k account is age restricted and I can't play multiplayer. This is only an issue on Steam, I can play the game fine on Epic. It's either refund 20+ dlc's separately for a total of about ~15 usd or go through support. I'm almost mad enough to do the refund as annoying as it would be. At this point I'm paying 15 bucks just to give a game a negative review.

thanks for changing the eula and now after all this time adding loads of spyware to it that wasnt there before all for a turn based game... absolutely incredible work i applaud the head of the company for this decision as hes the one in charge of everything but if they want to burn down everything with it go ahead they havent managed to capture the same good feeling of civ 5 with this one or the next civ

Spyware. If you don't want your data being leaked online, don't install this game. Important Info in Terms of Service: • Mods are a bannable offense • Display of Cheats/Exploits is bannable • Forced arbitration clause and a waiver of class action and jury trial rights for all users residing in the United States and any other territory other than Australia, Switzerland, The United Kingdom, or The Territories of The European Economic Area • You can be banned for using a VPN while connecting to online servers • Cannot access game content on a Virtual PC Collected Data Types: • Identifiers / Contact Information: Name, user name, gamertag, postal and email address, phone number, unique IDs, mobile device ID, platform ID, gaming service ID, advertising ID (IDFA, Android ID) and IP address • Protected Characteristics: Age and gender • Commercial Information: Purchase and usage history and preferences, including gameplay information • Billing Information: Payment information (credit / debit card information) and shipping address • Internet / Electronic Activity: Web / app browsing and gameplay information related to the Services; information about your online interaction(s) with the Services or our advertising; and details about the games and platforms you use and other information related to installed applications • Device and Usage Data: Device type, software and hardware details, language settings, browser type and version, operating system, and information about how users use and interact with the Services (e.g., content viewed, pages visited, clicks, scrolls) • Profile Inferences: Inferences made from your information and web activity to help create a personalized profile so we can identify goods and services that may be of interest • Audio / Visual Information: Account photos, images, and avatars, audio information via chat features and functionality, and gameplay recordings and video footage (such as when you participate in playtesting) • Sensitive Information: Precise location information (if you allow the Services to collect your location), account credentials (user name and password), and contents of communications via chat features and functionality.

Love the game, pity that Take-Two Interactive (2K) is now changing their games into spyware, changing EULA long after release, which is incredibly sad and should be illegal long time ago.

changing the EULA after purchase is shit. I bought the game, don't change the TOS after i've purchased.

From Take-Two's updated "privacy" policy: Categories of Information Collected: Internet / Electronic Activity: Web / app browsing and gameplay information related to the Services; information about your online interaction(s) with the Services or our advertising; and details about the games and platforms you use and other information related to installed applications Notice that last part didn't say "related to our services"? Uninstalled

So, according to their new EULA, this is a spyware now. Too bad, I wanted to play the game I paid for

A disappointment. The economy, military and religion mechanics, character design/graphics, and maps are a large step backward. Assigning social polices in this game is a chore. This series peaked at Civ IV and seems to be on a steady decline. V had pretty graphics but had so much less to offer than the previous title until all expansions were released, then it became a decent game. VI is a let down in almost every way, with the exception of the fog of war which has a really cool animation. I wish that instead of changing all the mechanics and graphics every game, that they would instead build on what was good about the previous and make a much larger experience with even longer games. Why not eventually get to space exploration/colonization, future tech and wars and global extinction events? They could also stretch out the BC timeline a bit. Someone please come save this franchise.

The game is great; I’ve spent many hours playing it and I love it – but it keeps crashing from time to time, and now I can’t even launch it anymore. Until the issue is fixed I can not reccomend it.

Take-Two and 2K games have updated all their games Terms of Service, turning this game as well as all of their other games into literal spyware. Collected Data Types: • Identifiers / Contact Information: Name, user name, gamertag, postal and email address, phone number, unique IDs, mobile device ID, platform ID, gaming service ID, advertising ID (IDFA, Android ID) and IP address • Protected Characteristics: Age and gender • Commercial Information: Purchase and usage history and preferences, including gameplay information • Billing Information: Payment information (credit / debit card information) and shipping address • Internet / Electronic Activity: Web / app browsing and gameplay information related to the Services; information about your online interaction(s) with the Services or our advertising; and details about the games and platforms you use and other information related to installed applications • Device and Usage Data: Device type, software and hardware details, language settings, browser type and version, operating system, and information about how users use and interact with the Services (e.g., content viewed, pages visited, clicks, scrolls) • Profile Inferences: Inferences made from your information and web activity to help create a personalized profile so we can identify goods and services that may be of interest • Audio / Visual Information: Account photos, images, and avatars, audio information via chat features and functionality, and gameplay recordings and video footage (such as when you participate in playtesting) • Sensitive Information: Precise location information (if you allow the Services to collect your location), account credentials (user name and password), and contents of communications via chat features and functionality.

Besides the leader of Gran Colombia being a copy paste of Pedro from Portugal... It's a great game when the companies behind it DO NOT randomly change agreements to transform the game into Spyware. Please fix, thanks.

The game itself is just spyware at this point. Civ 7 is atrocious, Civ 6 is meh, Civ 5 was great.

I don't think a manufacturer who adds spyware to game files and forces players to agree deserves "good"

Important Info in Terms of Service: • Mods are a bannable offense • Display of Cheats/Exploits is bannable • Forced arbitration clause and a waiver of class action and jury trial rights for all users residing in the United States and any other territory other than Australia, Switzerland, The United Kingdom, or The Territories of The European Economic Area • You can be banned for using a VPN while connecting to online servers • Cannot access game content on a Virtual PC Collected Data Types: • Identifiers / Contact Information: Name, user name, gamertag, postal and email address, phone number, unique IDs, mobile device ID, platform ID, gaming service ID, advertising ID (IDFA, Android ID) and IP address • Protected Characteristics: Age and gender • Commercial Information: Purchase and usage history and preferences, including gameplay information • Billing Information: Payment information (credit / debit card information) and shipping address • Internet / Electronic Activity: Web / app browsing and gameplay information related to the Services; information about your online interaction(s) with the Services or our advertising; and details about the games and platforms you use and other information related to installed applications • Device and Usage Data: Device type, software and hardware details, language settings, browser type and version, operating system, and information about how users use and interact with the Services (e.g., content viewed, pages visited, clicks, scrolls) • Profile Inferences: Inferences made from your information and web activity to help create a personalized profile so we can identify goods and services that may be of interest • Audio / Visual Information: Account photos, images, and avatars, audio information via chat features and functionality, and gameplay recordings and video footage (such as when you participate in playtesting) • Sensitive Information: Precise location information (if you allow the Services to collect your location), account credentials (user name and password), and contents of communications via chat features and functionality.