Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel

The Review: Borderlands the Pre-Sequel is a good game. You should at least try it.
Now, the main reason I am writing this. No, the game is not spyware. It’s a misunderstanding based on updates to the terms of service. What happened was the games publisher, Take Two Interactive, updated the terms of their end user license recently. Several actors in the Borderlands community misread these changes as them turning the currently released games in the franchise into literal spyware. This is not true. The games are perfectly safe to run and your data will not be stolen. The codebase for the games is unchanged, all the update did is add an advertisement for the upcoming fourth game and you have to agree to the new EUL before you can play online. That said if you feel uncomfortable playing due to this controversy, I understand. I post this only to clarify the situation and will update as needed.
QnA:
Will the game spy on me?
– NO. The codebase is unchanged from before the update. The game itself will not collect any information.
Will I need a Kernal Level Anti-Cheat which will spy on me?
- NO. You will not need to install any anti-cheat to play Borderlands the Pre-Sequel. The update did not change this.
Will I be banned from multiplayer or sued by Take Two for using mods?
- NO. The game is a 10+ year old co-op shooter. Take Two does not care if you mod it. This part of the EUL is relevant for modern releases and in active development projects such as Grand Theft Auto Online where cheating via mods is a very real problem. Besides, this part of the EUL is targeted at cheat creators, not individual users who use mods.
Will I be banned from multiplayer for using foul language?
- NO. Again, this is a 10+ year old game. Take Two does not care if you trash talk your teammates. Again, this part of the EUL is relevant to more modern projects. Still, please respect your teammates.
What data does the new EUL cover?
- Emails, phone numbers, username, name, IP address, and passwords if relevant. If this sounds concerning, know that this is standard for many EULs where you need to create an account. You provided all this information except the latter to Steam when you created your account, Take Two just asks Steam to look at this information. The password clause is only for your Gearbox Shift account, it will not steal banking passwords or your Steam password.

“They put spyware in Borderlands!!”
Nah, they didn’t.
Let’s clear this up:
There’s no malware or spyware in your existing Borderlands games. No code’s been shipped in over a year, and unless Gearbox has mastered dark magic, nothing has suddenly materialized out of thin air. The games you already own? Still safe.
What did happen is a new ToS/EULA. Why? Because Gearbox is now publishing under Take-Two, and like every publisher under the sun, they need to use the corporate boilerplate legalese. Yes, it’s long and kinda sus-looking—just like the ToS for Steam, Discord, your phone, your toaster, and probably your smart fridge.
A bunch of terminally online doomsayers misread (or deliberately twisted) some sections to spin outrage for clicks. The data policy? Same as always. It applies to things you willingly give them (email, name, birthday, etc). No, they’re not harvesting your soul through your GPU.
There’s even panic about government-issued IDs—but that only applies in countries like China or Korea, where local laws require it. Not relevant to 99% of players, and certainly not some evil Take-Two plot.
TL;DR:
No spyware. No shady data grabs. Just another EULA update people overreacted to. Touch some grass and go shoot psychos on Pandora.

Honestly this one is really underrated especially the (sadly) only expansion pack Claptastic Voyage

It’s the third game in the Borderlands series but essentially Borderlands 1.5. From the perspective of the first game, it’s a sequel. From the second game’s perspective, it’s a prequel—hence, a "Pre-Sequel."

I came back for the second time and the game is still good, if not better, as the first time.
Great fun with all the characters, satisfying visuals without stressing gpus, funny for the most of the gamers and community still alive for fun or coop achievements.

What else to ask?

People were too harsh on this game when it came out, and I don't really get why. I like it, it's fun.
It's not Borderlands 2, but it's still Borderlands.

When this game came out it got a lot of undeserved hate, because "it's not Borderlands 3", and "it has the same engine", and "this could have been a DLC", etc.
But, at least to me, this is like a 'Borderlands: New Vegas'. I really like the story, the character portrayals, the vault hunters and their skill trees, the environments. Heck, I think I even like it more than BL2. I'm not saying it is the better game, because BL2 is a great game, but I really, really enjoyed this game and feel a bit sad about the bad rap it got and still gets sometime.
Absolutely a recommend from me.