Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI Reviews

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.

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

EULAs should not be able to change after purchasing, owning, and playing this game for hours OR the player should have the right not to agree or accept the new EULA, not be locked out of playing their game if they don't. To state clearly, I DO NOT AGREE OR ACCEPT TO THE TERMS OF YOUR EULA. IF and that's a big IF, I decide to play this title again and do accept the EULA, it's by force from your company acting maliciously. Congratulations on review-bombing yourselves. If you are new or considering this title, avoid it! The terms are absolutely ridiculous and full of corporate greed.

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

I have been playing CIV since I was a kid starting out with CIV III and I can firmly say that this series is probably one of the greatest of all time. You will be addicted to which ever game you pick up. That being said, out of all the games CIV VI is the most different but makes the most meaningful and innovative changes. CIV VI 9/10!

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.

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

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I have no idea what I’m doing, but I’m emotionally attached to this settler and that’s what matters. Welcome to Civilization 6, where you accidentally declare war on Gandhi, forget why you built 7 holy sites, and just wanted to play a chill game but now you’ve been locked in a 300 year grudge match over one tile of bananas. I don’t know what I’m doing 90% of the time. I’m clicking buttons like they owe me money. I’m building wonders while barbarians are burning my capital. But damn it, I’m LEARNING. Mostly how to read, because this game comes with enough text to make ADHD cry and dissociate into a side quest. The worst part of this game is honestly the MULTIPLAYER mode. My significant other takes seven geological eras to make her turn. By the time it’s my move again, I have Forgotten what I was doing, lost emotional connection with my empire, lost my identity, aged, died and reincarnated as an angry cell who now wants to nuke her just to speed things up. But do I keep playing? Yes, yes I do. Do I still want to name my religion something dumb like “Spicy Sadness”? Yes, but won't cause toxic. This game is so confusing, dramatic, unintentionally funny, and mildly traumatic.. just like me. 9/10 would forget my war plan and build a library instead.

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

EULAs should not be able to change after purchasing, owning, and playing this game for hours OR the player should have the right not to agree or accept the new EULA, not be locked out of playing their game if they don't.