Borderlands 2

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.

PLEASE, DO NOT FALL FOR OR SPREAD MISINFORMATION! Recently, the publisher Takes Two Inc (Owner of Rockstar, 2k, and others) has purchased Gearbox and with it, its IPs. such as the Borderlands games. And so, they applied their general EULA (THE EXACT SAME THEY USE FOR GTA V) for every newly acquired IP. The thing is, EULAs are a way to companies to lessen their liabilities or protect the IP itself, it DOES NOT mean whatever is written in there will be ENFORCED or better yet, ACCEPTED in court. Now, i don't like Takes Two, 2k, or any big corpo for that matter, but this is just a big case of misinformation being spread like wildfire by people who had never read any EULA in their life until this point and refuse to do their own research. NO you will NOT be banned for downloading, modifying your game, abusing exploits or using cheats on ANY of the single player games. These exist to moderate their MULTIPLAYER TITLES ONLY! proof? i have used both mods AND 3rd party softwares on my latest alt character playthroughs of both Borderlands TPS AND 3. such as gibbed, dialog skippers, camera changers, etc... and have yet to receive a warning. NO YOU WILL NOT BE BANNED FOR USING A VPN! NO THEY ARE NOT SPYING ON YOU! if you go to the BL game pages on SteamDB, you can check that the LATESTS patches on ALL BL games were made BEFORE the T2 purchase, thus, BEFORE THE EULA CHANGES! its IMPOSSIBLE for them to have added ANY sort of spying software in your computer. don't believe me? go watch EpicNNG's (a Borderlands modder). NO A WAIVER DOES NOT COMPLETELY REMOVE YOUR RIGHT TO SUE. i'm not a lawyer, but just a few minutes of research you will learn that a waiver will not COMPLETELY take your rights from you and it doesn't mean it will be accepted in court. *note: If you have purchased or consumed ANY Disney product you have agreed to this exact same waiver. Data collection: this is the only valid part but still EXTREMELY weird and hypocritical to get outraged by. if you have a SHiFT account or ANYTHING that uses an EMAIL, they have your phone number. And if they have your phone number, they have EVERY SINGLE PIECE OF INFORMATION ABOUT YOU. THIS IS NOT EXCLUSIVE TO THIS EULA, IT'S THE STANDARD FOR THE ENTIRE INTERNET. if this warrants this level of outrage, then you should quit the internet in its entirety. Not only is this EULA pretty standard, it's used for every Takes Two IP (GTAs, 2Ks...). I'm NOT pro Corpo in any way, shape or form. i will always fight for the consumer and the right to not be treated like cattle but please, please, please DO NOT be a victim of the bandwagon effect. do your own research and for the love of God, do not go out spreading misinformation about things you have no clue about. Do not be a fall for the Dunning Kruger effect. Be better. ✿

[b]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.[b] 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) And the real kicker: [b]• 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.[b] Honestly, was pretty good, but not worth it for the spyware it adds to your PC.

I have multiple mods installed and in the last week i have been playing heavily while in multiplayer, no ban was received. in the last 4 days i have multiple times used a save editor, duping exploits & other glitches, no ban. all of this while using a VPN mind you, and guess what, no ban! There is no spyware that is just false. Please stop hoping on a bandwagon train based on a false narrative, please go read the EULA and 2k/T2s response before you down vote this game.

Don't get this game, the eula is spyware, root level access. 2k/Take 2 who wants your personal data, location and whatever they can scrape off your pc that'll probably be sold off to some random company.

They updated their Usage Policy Terms in order to collect as much information on the game users as possible, being live information, adress, credit card numbers and more personal informations. Then they put the game for free in order to collect those datas. Such predatory behavior is unacceptable and should be reported so everyone knows.

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.

Absolutely not. After their EULA change this is just spyware now and Gearbox joins the likes of several other game companies to never be trusted ever again. Their attitude was bad enough with BL3 but now they've gone full villain.

If you're a fan of the Borderlands series I highly suggest this game as it has stayed in my top 3 favorite games of all time for YEARS now and will likely never drop from there. 2k games captured lightning in a bottle with this game and whether you got some pals to shoot n loot with or you just enjoy a solo experience, you'll have an absolute blast playing. That being said, in light of recent events, I highly urge you to please please PLEASE do your research on what the EULA changes actually are and how they impact you as a consumer. Now I'm no corporate shill by any means, in fact I'm an avid hater of DRM and I've been crashing out these past few days about the Nintendo anti-consumer BS that I'm sure most of us are aware of. But I feel the need to call out when people are just throwing the most insane tantrums over some of the most non-issue stuff I've ever seen and this is one of those moments. Long story short, unless you consider some of the most basic data collecting features present on just about EVERY video game platform to be spyware, Take Two and 2k Games are NOT -- may I repeat it -- NOT downloading spyware on your systems. This is literally an insane fear tactic being used by people who I would be willing to bet have not even read the EULA, they likely saw their favorite youtuber misinterpret everything and decided to back them up on it. It doesn't even take a high school degree to read the ToS and EULA changes and understand that they are simply being transparent and are aligning themselves with some of the most common industry practices. Things like collecting hardware data, user account identifiers, audio/visual information, etc. are NOT NEW AND ARE INCREDIBLY NORMAL, you would be hard pressed to find games that don't already collect this data. And the ones that do? 99% of its use case is to improve YOUR user experience. It helps ensure the game runs properly on your setup (hardware data), helps market to your preferences (user account identifiers), and can even be used to help identify abusive and harmful users on their platform (audio/visual data). In fact, if there is any one shady thing included in these changes, it would be the forced arbitration clause to try and prevent class-action lawsuits. While this is inherently shady, I will still urge that this is a relatively common legal practice a lot of companies do. However, that doesn't make it any less weird and also ineffective as all hell, because there has not been even a single time that has ever stood up in court (at least, not in U.S. Courts). So if you want to throw tomatoes at them for that, be my guest, because that is genuinely shady and should be condemned/criticized. I won't go into intense detail about the changes because not only would that take forever, I want to reinforce that people should **really start doing proper research and not immediately take anything that a youtuber or some Steam reviewer says as immediate fact** and that includes me. Read the damn ToS and EULA agreements and form your own opinion, and if you come to the conclusion that this is still too much for you?? So be it, but then I got bad news for ya bud, you're gonna need to sail the high seas for literally every game you play, because this has been the reality for well over a decade. TL;DR: Game good, highly recommend. Do your own research before jumping on a bandwagon. Thank you.

Do not play this game until after Gearbox dissolves. If you don’t wait, your personal info will be sold to online databases. Though with the terrible attitude of Randy Pitchford and their recent losses, it shouldn’t take long.

2k is scraping data and wants ROOT access to your PC. Also making mods a ban-able offence for a game over a decade old is so dumb I assume 2k has brain damage.

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.

Spyware to get your pictures of relatives so Randy can get his childporn fix.

Played it through & through. Was fun for the first 40 hours or so, but when i look back its actually a very mediocre game with good aesthetics for the time. Gameplay is fine but talents are a weak point and loot awards/arrangement is just disgusting, i can confidently say that i will never be replaying this game. That'll Do Pig 4/10

Literal spyware, stay safe and avoid any sort of borderlands game.

I do not consent to your new terms of service for a game i purchased in 2012. I do not consent to your spyware being added to the game. As an Australian citizen i ask you to take your arbitration clause and wipe my ass with it as it's illegal here. Sincerely, GoatMedicEchoo.

Don't get me wrong this is an amazing game I've played it both on my Xbox and obviously Steam. The issue isn't gameplay, instead and more unfortunately their EULA was changed so that it would collect even more of your data and most likely sell it. In a sense this amazing game now has spyware that you can't get rid of and can't block it without playing the game. Unfortunately, this is a tragedy that came from another company trying to screw it's player base for more cash. TLDR: don't get it because of their spyware.

Turned one of the best games to ever release into Spyware. 2k changed their TOS to steal your data and possibly lock you out of your own game if you use mods,exploits,cheats or even a VPN In a single player game I can not recommend this game purely for your safety and privacy !!!DO NOT BUY!!! Getting this game in a illegitimate way will be safer and wont give you spyware and you will not get banned for using mods.

AVOID THIS GAME!!! 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.

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.

I grew up on this game 300+ hours on PC alone, similar amount of time on console. The game has good gameplay and diverse content to explore. Multiplayer doesn't really work anymore (unless you want to mod it, wasn't a deal-breaker for me). What I can't stand for, is including a clause that subjects you to being data mined for profit. I have no option to opt out of this. The titles that came after were ok, not as good as BL2, but at least I could enjoy BL2. And now they have taken that away to.

This was once a great game, now its updated its terms and conditions so that you cant sew 2K, just like Disney tried to do with their shitty streaming platform. This on top of Borderlands 4 being an $80 game, i'm sadly very disappointed to see another franchise i love sell its soul

Ah yes, nothing like booting up a decade-old game only to be ambushed by a slimy, bloated EULA update straight out of a corporate dystopia. Borderlands 2, once a chaotic, loot-filled playground built on community love and creativity — now shackled by Take-Two’s greed-stained legalese. What exactly am I agreeing to? Oh, just giving up my mods, my privacy, and apparently my soul. “We own your content, we can use it however we want, and good luck suing us!” Cool, cool, love that for us. Because that’s what I needed from my nostalgia trip — legal blackmail hidden behind “quality of service” lies. And don’t get me started on the tone of it. It reads less like a terms of service and more like a hostile takeover of anything you’ve ever done with the game. Mods? Threatened. Creative videos? Taken. Your right to fight back? Stripped away and locked behind forced arbitration. This isn’t just out of touch — it’s malicious. And the fact that it's being slapped on an old game makes it even more disgusting. It’s like they waited for the love to grow, just so they could monetize the corpse. Uninstalling. Reviewing. Warning everyone I know. You turned a masterpiece into a walking ad for corporate overreach. Hope the lawyers are proud.

WELL, there goes any plans of ever posting a review for this game, or any other 2K or Gearbox Game. I don't care if we can/might be able to op out of the Data Collection and things. But, theres a reason why gathering this stuff is Illegal in other countries. Reason One. IF THE WRONG PEOPLE GET A HOLD OF IT, PEOPLES SAFETY IS A RISK! That being said, this Review is Purely towards 2K and Gearbox Software, not the game, the game is great but the Company behind it, just keeps getting worse and worse as the years go by. Personally, Going forward I'll be avoiding all 2K games and Gearbox games, while those that i do own now I'm shifting over to hidden as its too late to get refunds on them.

I hope this is the start of the fall of gear box, not only do they want to take more of your money, they want unrestricted access to your PC while giving us a 4th game worth more with less actually done to it. Another company ran by boomers killing the industry just because old fat r e t a r d s think hobbies are long term investments. Well on that note, GTA 6 WILL most likely be a failure because of take-2's actions since RDR2 released. Nothing but micro-transactions, garbage updates ruining games and making not allowing you to swear on their rated M games but you can kill, do drugs, alcohol, steal and commit the worst of crimes, but get banned for being mean? Yeah boomers, this is your fall and I will happily pour gasoline on that fire, f u c k 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. 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.

Changing EULA to collect and sell data and then giving the game out for free so that they can make money off unsuspecting people's data is just straight up scummy behaviour.

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.

This game is now spyware. It collects your information. Modern gaming is cooked. Not even old games are safe.

I've happily purchased this game 3 times over the 13 years it's been out. The game is great, but they changed the TOS for the game and added a kernel-level anti-cheat which collects your data. This game is not live service. It has had an active modding community for over a decade. They also aren't updating the game to fix the issue with the 32-bit PhysX while pushing the kernal-level data harvesting. It's absolutely insane the levels of stupidity it takes from a game developer to do this.

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.

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.

The game itself is great! The EULA is ridiculous! There is no excuse for that level of intrusion. And changing it after the game has been out for any amount of time is outright slimey. Welcome to my blacklist Gearbox/2K.

It was one of the greatest games made and easily the best in the series. However, until they revert the EULA to not be spyware, I will maintain this negative review. Your move, 2k and Take-Two. Good luck trying to sell Borderlands 4 with this sort of negative press.

Corporation ruining a classic in typical disgusting greedy fashion with spyware and overreach.

I love this game. I played this game all the time on PS3/360. Just found out they updated TOS so it's basically spyware now and are giving out the game for free. Shame to see that. I was excited for Borderlands 4. I will be uninstalling and no longer supporting this franchise.

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.

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.

Spyware - Selling your info on to whoever, Legal bullying. I've bought all the borderlands games with all the DLC's I'm now blocked from playing all of these games because I won't agree to their terms. I will not buy Borderlands 4 or any other games they produce in the future. I recommend you do the same - boycott this company they don't deserve our support.

Easily the best game in the series and Handsome Jack is one of the most memorable videogame villains ever. That being said.. Randy Pitchford can eat my ass and Take Two can take two words, second one being off. Death of a franchise due to corporate stupidity. I won't be playing Borderlands 4 even if it's free.

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.

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.

Us gamers don't like it when you touch our stuff. Down with corporate oppression. If it isn't broken don't try to fix it... Also just a side note this game is really old why are you still trying to mess with it? I remember the black rarity weapon a hacker gave me once. a shreddifier that shot nukem rounds from the orange rocket launcher. it was more of a gag weapon more then anything but for a person who has replayed every game in the series multiple times across different platforms it was a very unique and refreshing experience. that is my retort for you reasoning behind monetization of cheaters. it was very light hearted fun. also when my best friend showed me borderlands gibbed i had fun making unique items and weapons for further customization utility. this review is for any gamer that's been playing a game so much that it practically requires you to kick things up a notch. Also I will no longer be endorsing future releases of your games like borderlands 4. Quit saturating our 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.

EULA changed to allow spyware and given away for free, really scummy. this game has become spyware, root acess to all your passwords and personal information, yes a lot of games have acess to your basic data but not root access

their new terms of service should be made illegal for any steam game

Changing-TOS-looking-ass company on a 13 year old product that was their peak to market their next nonsensical bloat title on the franchise. -VPNs will ban you -Mods will ban you (it is a co-op game) -Data gathering software introduced after 13 years on a game that released in cleaner times. They just did a free to keep promotion on this title and with the new rules and wathever code underneath are in place, seems like data farming and forcing behavior. At minimum, limitations introduced in a old product already done developing. -You should be free to use your VPN service if you want and you shouldn't be banned from the piece of entertainment videogame you bought. I don't use VPNs but banning for it, it's wild. -Mods shouldn't be discouraged, on the contrary. This is fucking Computer gaming. -Changing contract after 13 years of ownership is bs. DRM-free feature once again should rise on purchase decision making overall. Changing rules for accessing a product/license you bought is insane.

Terms of Service changed to add spyware. Other 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 bought the game. But I will never play it ever again. If you got it for free, you are the product!

so sick and tired of EULAs being changed for games I already bought,just so some greedy devs and publishers can get off on my data

Mysteriously silent EULA change to a [b]2 decade year old release[/b] to compromise user data. Coincidentally, it's being handed out for free now; I wonder why...