Borderlands 3

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 gameplay in Borderlands 3 feels good, and overall it feels like a more polished version of its predecessors. However, the writing is like someone took bad humor that tries way too hard to be funny and bad storytelling and put them together in a blender. The result feels kind of like that one kid who always tried so hard to be funny and made up stories to make himself seem cooler and funnier than he actually was. It's honestly just a cringe-fest at times. The gameplay is good, but please don't ever let these writers cook again.

Collect guns. Kill things. Collect better guns. Kill bigger things.

Runs amazing on the Steam deck! I first had it on epic games launcher for free, didnt run at all on the deck so I purchased it on steam to try. and it plays perfectly. Never would of thought i could play my favorite game series on the go! Thanks Gabe N. and GearBox frfr <3 Just so yall know so far all borderlands ive tried works good on deck, including the tiny tina series.

The game was a decent time killer but the latest EULA changes stopped me playing all together and lead me to not recommend this game or anything from the publisher. If you're upset as I am, I suggest other reviewers report the game with the report feature for whatever you feel they've done. I feel like Take two and 2k actions to be considered fraud because they've changed a well established EULA for when i previously bought this game before their acquisition of the games that are receiving backlash. The forcing of the New EULA in my view violates my rights as a consumer. I don't want to agree to the data collection that the New EULA promises but I'm forced to agree to it if i want to play the games I have had purchased for a while. This whole decision by the industry to keep killing games and killing the gamers has made me very nihilistic and pessimistic about the future of games. I'm aware that not a single soul asked for this review but I don't care similarly like the industry seems to not care about its consumer base only the profits.

I wish I had read the TOS myself, it's absoultely horrifiying: https://www.take2games.com/privacy/en-US/ Look under "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. How We Use Information and Our Legal Grounds We use the information we collect within Take-Two as follows, pursuant to various legal bases: Business Purposes: Provide the Services and support; fulfill orders and requests; improve the Services and our business; develop new products and services; enhance your experience on the Services; protect the security for our users, employees, facilities, and Services; and develop internal marketing and demographic studies Commercial Purposes: Market and advertise our and our business partners' products and services; send you promotional materials; and administer promotional activities or events We also use your information as permitted by law."

There used to be lots of reviews telling you to delete the video and audio clips so you can enjoy the game. It's true; the cutscenes and writing are SO atrocious that they actively make the game miserable. Now there are lots of negative reviews talking about the EULA. And despite those two things, I still feel the need to say that, even if those glaring issues did not exist... THIS GAME IS STILL NOT FUN! People talk about how good the gunplay is. I have no idea what in the game people consider special or good about it. You click on heads. In fact, I prefer Borderlands 2 combat to this. Sliding is totally whatever. Who cares. You click on heads. The playable characters have NO personality. You are NPCs in this video game world. There was a joy in the Borderlands 2 characters, especially when they used their action skills, or even when they speak in reaction to story events (which by the way, happen without interrupting your gameplay.) In this one, you're boring. You're a cardboard cutout. You're a wooden plank. The game rewards you with screens and screens of loot. Every third encounter will drop Yet Another Orange. I started to ignore them completely, because it didn't matter. They gave you so much that it actually diluted the enjoyment of a legendary drop. Good god. This game is bad.

I love this game but the new EULA is beyond ridiculous, spyware with a game attached to it, what a world we live in.

It's like letting someone install a camera in your room, and they say: 'I won’t turn it on... I just want to leave it here.' Even if they don’t use it, the fact that it’s there is unsettling.

I will include below the terrible over reaching dystopic spyware EULA/Terms Of Service Below, but that's not even why I'm giving this a game a thumbs down. By God, the dialogue in this is beyond atrocious, and this is from someone who generally can stomach crappy writing. I have NEVER in my life had to go out of my way to not only mute the characters so they don't speak, but also have to get rid of subtitles. I felt a cancer tumor form in my brain when characters spoke and the villain is atrocious and cringe inducing. They tried recreating that Handsome Jack magic by having the villain talk to you constantly through your radio and it's really effective at making me want to do the villian's job and just end it all myself. Not even the gunplay could keep me from trying to turn the barrel towards myself after the inevitable moment a character would open their mouth and exposite what some would call "dialogue" which if you ask me is more fitting to be labeled as a verbal lobotomy. If this game was judged on how quickly it could sap the will to carry on in this dark cruel world, it would get a 10/10, but unfortunately that's not the case so I'll have to give it a genuine 2/10. Now staple on the spyware EULA issue and this game is essentially less than worthless, it's harmful. Here's the TOS/EULA 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. TL:DR- STAY AWAY

DO not buy ANY of the 2K games. Just sail the seas. Gearbox software is amazing developer, however... 2K Now puts spyware into your computer for that super profitable personal data. Read this before you buy: 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 great. I had a wonderful 70 hours on it. Humor can be dry, graphics are nice. But as you have most probably read, its not worth it. According to the EULA, you don't reserve any right to back out nor sue, once you've signed it. the main problems being: (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.) Thank you steamuser kai for that btw Its not worth it. I hope and genuinely pray that they change it, because I was really hyped for BL4. Pls... save ur money and go buy yourself some icecream. Have a good day.

Terms of Service destroyed the game and genre. There should not be any reason for anyone to play any 2K or Take-Two game until these ToS get updated to be even remotely acceptable

Story is stupid as hell, killed fan favorite characters. Tries to force players to like a character who is just not likable. This game is not even worth the sale price. They changed the TOS in a primarily single player game. Randy the CEO uses the "no true Scotsman" argument. Borderlands is dead like Saints Row.

Emotes are hard-coded to arrow keys, so if you happen to want to use arrow keys for movement (as I have done for every shooter I've played in the last 25 years or so), then the game is simply unplayable without external tools. For a modern, high-profile PC game, this is unacceptable.

Let me start by saying I love Borderlands 2. Great characters, great writing, great story. Knowing Randy Pitchford's direction on Borderlands 3, I'd figure It'd wait. I( got this for free on Epic Game Store, didn't install it or play it. Then it went on sale here in Steam for 2.99. I figure I have a few friends that have it. Knowing what I know now, I wouldn't have had them reinstall it only to uninstall it a few hours later. This game was written by a High School student hopped up on Moly, Adderall, and a few cases of White Claw. I couldn't make it past the few hours of the horrendous dialog, which is a shame because the game play and the guns themselves seemed to be well designed. I needed a long nap, and several beers to deal with the massive headache I got, and I generally don't drink. I feel bad for the voice actors and the poor Q/A team that didn't get paid enough to deal with this garbage. After getting this game for free and only paying 2.99 on Steam for it again, I still feel ripped off. I'll never get the time back I used to download this ridiculously large game, and the few hours I put into it. I can't wait for the Borderlands 4 nonsense. Considering the launch price for that game, I have a feeling it's going to make a lot of people that unfortunately buy it, angry. Go play Borderlands 2. That game wasn't written by a child.

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

❌ Not Recommended I used to love Borderlands 3. The gameplay is solid, the gunplay satisfying, and the art style unique. But none of that matters anymore when I can't trust the company behind the game. Recently, Take-Two silently updated the Terms of Service to include vague and intrusive language regarding anti-cheat systems and data collection. It now implies they may install software with root-level access. That's not okay. No one asked for this. No one agreed to this when they purchased the game. Even worse, the lack of clear communication and transparency has completely shattered my trust. Gearbox's late and vague response did nothing to ease the concerns. I don't care how good the loot is. I don’t want to trade my privacy for it. If Take-Two wants to sneak in spyware-level permissions and call it "normal," then I can no longer support this franchise. 🚫 Until this is reversed, I strongly urge others to avoid Borderlands – no matter how cheap the sale is. Cons: Potential spyware Shady Terms of Service update Poor communication *Broken trust with longtime fans*

Updated the EULA to allow 2K to collect information on everything about you including passwords. Also added Forced arbitration clause, Which is jargon for "you are not allowed to sue us" I recommend to stay away from anything published by 2K games and affiliated if you value privacy

This game is good not as great as one or two in my opinion, normally id leave a decent review if i were to even review it... however, im tired of these companies thinking they can do whatever they want and lie about it... i enjoyed all the borderlands, played the heck out of em on xbox, but i wont play or buy any other borderlands, civ, gta, or any other games from them. if u want my data pay me for it! i shouldnt have to pay for a game to spy on me. this is complete nonsense. and i dont care what others say about google and everything else. this isnt google. this is a game i purchased, and had stolen from me because i dont agree with the new TOS. this is my computer not theirs to do what they want with it. The whole reason these companies r doing this now is because we have continuously and slowly let companies like this erode our rights to get to this point without saying anything about it. im just as guilty as the next person, but that ends now. I will never buy another game from them until the TOS are changed and the spying and selling of that data stops. Dont let them lie to u, because they are trying with their discussion response. their blanket statement for a one size fits all approach doesnt work here why ask for something ur supposedly not going to use? its because they plan to and not say anything else about it once u agree they will do whatever they want because u already agreed... the new TOS are not standard they are extremely aggressive, they want to normalize it so they can make more $$$ thats all its about. do urself a favor and look this one up dont just take my word or anyone else's for it. I know the little money i would spend doesnt matter to them, but when people talk, profits start to fall these companies will take notice. they wouldnt ask for all those permissions unless they r doing it or planned to... they want u to sign ur rights away, they are scam artists and thieves. Theft is theft and blackmail is blackmail, u taking a game away from me that i purchased because i dont agree with the new TOS to b spied on is stealing and blackmail. it should b illegal for a premium game to change TOS so radically after purchase and steal our games from us because we dont want to b spied on. i realize my stand doesnt mean much if anything, but my data is not free! there is absolutely no reason they need all that data. it doesnt help gameplay or keep out cheaters by being able to take away my purchased content, waving my rights, mandatory arbitration, knowing whats in my messages, on my browser, my real name, age, sex, passwords, other accounts, what i watch, when i take a potty break, or anything else. it doesnt help them keep the game safer by selling my data... their reasoning is a blatant lie, all that helps is their greed and their wallet! someone please explain to me what makes the game safer by selling that extensive list of my data?...

Don't buy Take-Two and 2K games until they change their EULA. If you already own the games you should leave negative reviews. The corporations will only change their policies when they start losing money.

Game-play mechanics are nice but the story is lackluster, I also hate Ava and you probably do too. The game does not have spyware btw, do your research if you don't believe me.

LOOK AT MY HOURS, Gaze upon them and heed this message from a die hard: This game sold out to criminals, as this game and any others this studio made, now comes bundled with malware designed to sell your information. Actual information, like your credit cards, precise location and more. Did you know there is a gun in this game that constantly calls you a "Sell Out"? SELL OUT!!!!

Borderlands is an awesome game but the latest update added spyware, so do NOT buy/install it

EULA. Read it. I will not be playing or buying any 2K/BL game and I'm a long time fan of the franchise. Very disappointed.

The game gets so boring and repetitive and the cringe-worthy dialogue and storytelling destroys any sense of interest or immersion. The villains feel more like a nuisance then a real threat and not a single character is funny or interesting enough to connect with, except maybe Rhys and Zer0. Glad i only paid 3 bucks for this. It isn't worth more than that.

Gameplay is really fun with friends and very smooth and satisfying

I give it the thumbs down due to the current Private Policy and TOS that TakeTwo has in place currently. WOULD NOT RECOMMEND FOR THAT REASON

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

Ive been a long time fan of this series , but after the new user agreement and the kernel level software to go with it, not only will i not purchase BL4 but im not going to play any of the old games anymore.

this game would be so much better if it weren't for the absolute god awful writing. Borderlands 2 had the best story and writing us gamers could ever ask for. they killed off scooter, changed midgets to tinks cause people get so offended by anything now, and made everything utterly cringe. only good thing about this game is the mechanics.

2K can revoke your game's ownership if you use mods you can't even mod your single player game anymore

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.

If you're a fan of the first two games and you can get Borderlands 3 for $5 or less, get it. I truly pity the people that paid full price for this. The guns DO NOT reload properly. They usually glitch out at the worst possible time when the most people are shooting at you. Be prepared for a lot more melee attacks than you should ever have to do in a shooter game. If you can accept that, it can be a fun game.

fuck u Take-Two and your Terms of Service + the game is shit af

So I'm actually enjoying the game so far but avoiding quest from characters I might find annoying. The negative view is because I keep getting hit with a quest intro that requires me to buy DLC, EVERY SINGLE TIME I WALK BUY. It feel like in game advertising because it is. Also good to remember Randy Pitchford had allegedly carried child pornography on a thumebrive that was discovered. Assaulted the voice actor of Clap Trap and screwed over most of the developers on their bonuses. Game is fun though, and for 2.50 a pretty good price. Just finished the main story, while a lot to love Ava and the Twins really bring down the entire game

The Borderlands EULA by 2K Games is overly invasive and unjustified. Not going to support these developers anymore.

Despite enjoying the fundamental gameplay so far after the 95% sale, and being 5 hours in, and obviously avoiding the horrendous over acted voice acting and garbage writing. The forced arbitration 2k has implemented is a big F U to users and is written in a way to grant themselves unlimited control over users in situations they deem against their EULA. As well as the ability to change their minds at any point as well as give users absolutely no legal leverage for any actions subject to their subjective scrutiny. I implore anyone who cares about their privacy and their rights to play a game however they want, (those who play remotely, or who use a VPN, or who wish to avoid bringing by using a simple save editor) to review their EULA and decide whether or not you want to put up with this shit for current and future 2k releases. As hypocritical as it is, I will continue using their product as I like. If they remove my access, it’s a $3 loss and at least it isn’t a $120 loss

It's very unfortunate when companies you like go bad. Spyware is now required to play the game. Sadly uninstalled along with the rest of Borderlands games. :(

Was a good game, but I don't want to except the updated EULA, since I don't want to sell my soul for a game I've had for years, adn the story was bad. But gameplay was good. Why even change it. The games is done and no further updates warrant a change in it, except for spyware.

I'm just going to tell you that the gameplay is fun. The writing and characters are annoying af though. They're also collecting your information, so don't do it.

kinda annoying villain, boring dialouge with one charcter making me leave for a bit because they wont stop saying "bloody" in an australian accent also having basically "spyware" and its kinda boring. charcters dont feel very fun compared to the 2nd game and its lost the aspects that make me think of borderlands

In isolation this game isn't bad at all, but Isolation doesn't exist. It is almost an impossible task to follow up after the masterpiece that was Borderlands 2, and masterpieces don't have to be flawless, as the 2nd game had TONS of flaws but it had so much heart and love poured into it. This game has none of that. Basically ruined most of the characters and narrative for the sake of stupid cringe jokes to try and beat out the humor of the previous game. Claptrap is awful in this game, not to mention the replacement of the iconic David Edding's as the VA. He is no longer the funny but sweet and caring robot of the first game willing to fight to save his friends and pandora. Gearbox turned him into a moronic comic relief character with no redeeming qualities. Ava is probably the worst character in this history of the borderlands games, she is completely unlikable, extremely annoying, and the fact they kill of one of THE MOST likable characters for her??? Are you serious gearbox? and also make her a siren?? The same with Tannis? Why do the force her character into the spotlight trying to make you like her when she is just awful in this game, atleast in 1 and 2 she was more of a background character, but now she also gets to be a siren? She is awful in this game, and easily hateable. Nothing needs to be mentioned about the villains, they are cringe, annoying, and the whole influencer /vlogger identity just does not work. The whole story is just awful, the writing is even worse. It is like gearbox thew out everyone from BL2 and hired the writers of the Sharknado and The Marvels to compile the narrative. Where are the vaulthunters from BL2? Why is zero the only one in the main game? Why did they all decide to randomly ditch the crimson raiders after saving pandora...? The Fight for Sanctuary DLC for the 2nd game as a prequel to the 3rd game has a better antagonist, better writing , and better story than the entirety of the 3rd game. Sure the gunplay is good and a stepup from 2, and I actually really like the vaulthunters of 3. It just is not enough, it feels impossible to do multiple playthroughs of this game. Gearbox should be ashamed with the how they presented Borderlands 3, let's just hope 4 is better but with Randy in charge I doubt it will be.

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 and much, much more: 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. Do not consume their games until they change their EULA again, these sorta things are totally unacceptable, lets talk with our money and our reviews.

1. Recent privacy policy changes: your data can be hared with anyone now, happy days! You have no control over anything you make with the game! Also you can't take legal action! (The same applies to other games made by the same developer.) 2. I didn't find the game too enjoyable, the only thing that made it fun was that I was playing it with a friend. I found the gameplay loop uninteresting, the story uninteresting and (almost) every NPC is incredibly annoying.

Fun for about 5 minutes until my eyes glaze over and I remember how much of a pathetic waste of time playing video games is. How my time would be better spent doing anything else other than hunching over my desk, man tits pressed into my stomach and playing this unfunny piece of sh.it alone in my room.

Meh, apart from the legal jargon 2k put out with the spyware controversy and whatever, this game isn't exactly... uh... good. I played Borderlands 2 a lot, so when i started this game i had the expectation of "Borderlands 2 with a new coat of paint, on a modern engine". Initially it was as i originally thought, and was actually enjoyable. But the more i played it the more annoyed i was. The "shooting" part of this game compared to its predecessor is way better: Guns have much better feedback, better sound design and have different modes of operations, which helps a lot in terms of weapon variety. Some of the weapons i picked up were absolute chaos... ...Sadly it was probably because they were all of the LEGENDARY VARIETY, you know, the special type that is [i]supposed[/i] to be rare. Seriously, the drop rates set of this game are beyond stupid, i wasn't even trying to get them but the game keeps throwing them at me. On a positive side, it makes the guns feel way more chaotic, but as a result, it makes the game laughably easier: Anything below the "Epic" rarity is useless, elemental damage is basically redundant and by the end of my [i]VERY FIRST PLAYTHOUGH[/i] i had an inventory full of LEGENDARY gear. Kinda defeats the point of New Game+. Also kinda defeats the point of the game. Must have blasted through the story and had died like 3 times in total or something. Even the bosses weren't a challenge. (Yes, i was on normal difficulty, the highest it can go. Why is there an "easier" difficulty? For game journalists?) The story is also a mixed bag: I liked the mega-corpos, i liked the idea of traveling to different planets, i liked the uh... (no spoilers) machine area, but the entire time i was playing i knew exactly what would happen next. Maybe it's because i played Borderlands 2 but holy crap everything was so predictable. (Except some Eden-6 stuff, probably the best designed part of this game). Also some of the new characters are just terribly annoying, not to mention that all these planets with detached maps made me feel way more boxed compared to Borderlands 2, which has a giant interconnected map. Overall, for 3€, it wasn't that bad. Full price is a scam. If you played Borderlands 2 though, this game offers nothing new. If you haven't, get Borderlands 2 instead. [spoiler]I Know i sound like a boomer, but, seriously, the story of the older game is more enticing.[/spoiler] As for the DLCs... Oh sorry, i meant the Season Pass? What? Is selling a single DLC too much of a hassle now? And even when discounted they cost more than the super-discounted game? Nah i'll pass. [spoiler](This live service crap is pissing me off even after the game's release)[/spoiler]

I had a lot of fun with BL3, but that's over. If I had known they would make these draconian changes to their EULA, I never would have bought it. And no, this isn't review bombing. These changes directly affect my ability to play the game as I would normally play it, just as surely as if they had made some game-breaking code change. This is a legitimate reason to give a negative review, for a product that provides significantly less value to me than when I first purchased it.