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Tell GR: Stealth Or 'Splosions?

Posted on Thursday, September 20 @ 20:34:21 Eastern by

Is anyone playing Borderlands 2? Yes? Well then we've got a decision for you:

When you're faced with choosing a class or spec'ing out a character for the next 50 levels of gameplay, which direction do you go? Are you more inclined to sneak around in the shadows or do you start unloading your machine gun before you've even pushed the door open?

When it comes down to it, you have to choose. You can't have both. So that's what I'm forcing you to do here....

Stealth Or 'Splosions?

Related Games:   Borderlands 2


Comments
  • Sourdeez
    Sourdeez

    Joined: Feb 2012
    Posted: Sep 20th, 2012 at 8:44 pm
    Neither. Turret every time.
  • Lien
    Lien

    Joined: Feb 2008
    Posted: Sep 20th, 2012 at 11:01 pm
    Nothing can beat the very practical turret, from Roland's "setting up a sentry!" to borderland 2's.
  • Sourdeez
    Sourdeez

    Joined: Feb 2012
    Posted: Sep 21st, 2012 at 12:24 am
    I have two turrets at a time now.
  • danielrbischoff
    danielrbischoff

    Joined: Nov 2009
    Posted: Sep 21st, 2012 at 10:48 am
    What about two ninja swords that you can thr--- OK, turrets are pretty bad ass.
  • LawnGnome
    LawnGnome

    Joined: Apr 2007
    Posted: Sep 20th, 2012 at 9:03 pm
    Stealth. It makes me stop, look around, and actually think about what I'm going to do next.
  • danielrbischoff
    danielrbischoff

    Joined: Nov 2009
    Posted: Sep 21st, 2012 at 10:48 am
    I'm more of a stealth person too. It requires more thinking and I think you get more out of games that require even just a little bit of stealth.
  • Noritama
    Noritama

    Joined: Feb 2012
    Posted: Sep 20th, 2012 at 9:45 pm
    Excuse me, Are we in communist Russia?
    I don't think so. This is America god dammit and the way we do things here is with Sex, Drugs, and Explosions.
  • danielrbischoff
    danielrbischoff

    Joined: Nov 2009
    Posted: Sep 21st, 2012 at 10:50 am
    I guess when you combine them together you make a pretty compelling argument. Thumbs up.
  • Bras
    Bras

    Joined: Jul 2008
    Posted: Sep 20th, 2012 at 10:35 pm
    I usually go with Stealth first, carefully and patiently, but if I get caught and things turn ugly I switch to Killzone mode.
  • danielrbischoff
    danielrbischoff

    Joined: Nov 2009
    Posted: Sep 21st, 2012 at 10:51 am
    Where everything around you is the killzone.
  • Lok-Nar
    Lok-Nar

    Joined: Feb 2012
    Posted: Sep 20th, 2012 at 11:27 pm
    Explosions are best for my play style
  • danielrbischoff
    danielrbischoff

    Joined: Nov 2009
    Posted: Sep 21st, 2012 at 10:53 am
    Is your playstyle the one where the only thing that replaces your automatic weapon is a bazooka? Because I played DXHR like that too.
  • damo_rox619
    damo_rox619

    Joined: Jan 2007
    Posted: Sep 21st, 2012 at 12:20 am
    stealth. always stealth
  • danielrbischoff
    danielrbischoff

    Joined: Nov 2009
    Posted: Sep 21st, 2012 at 10:53 am
    What's your favorite stealth game? As much as I've wanted to get into MGS, I can't seem to, though the stealth gameplay has always been really enticing.
  • damo_rox619
    damo_rox619

    Joined: Jan 2007
    Posted: Sep 21st, 2012 at 4:31 pm
    that's a shame, metal gear is my favorite. mgs became my favorite series when i played the first game back when i was about 8 years old. 13 years later it still is, and stealth is something i've loved in video games since. splinter cell is another amazing series. although conviction was a little too big on action, it was too good to deny in the end
  • dirty_f
    dirty_f

    Joined: Nov 2010
    Posted: Sep 21st, 2012 at 1:52 am
    i aint played Bordelands 2...yet. but i always go stealth. whatever the game.
  • danielrbischoff
    danielrbischoff

    Joined: Nov 2009
    Posted: Sep 21st, 2012 at 10:54 am
    I haven't played Borderlands 2 either, but if I did I would be going with Zero as well.
  • gunseedam
    gunseedam

    Joined: Jun 2011
    Posted: Sep 21st, 2012 at 2:48 am
    I play co-op with my brother. I go the Up close splosion route while he picks them off from a distance with stealth. So splosions for me personally
  • danielrbischoff
    danielrbischoff

    Joined: Nov 2009
    Posted: Sep 21st, 2012 at 10:54 am
    Are you guys playing Borderlands 2 together?
  • gunseedam
    gunseedam

    Joined: Jun 2011
    Posted: Sep 21st, 2012 at 1:01 pm
    Yea just got it yesterday for ps3. So glad they kept local co-op as im not a huge fan of playing online
  • danielrbischoff
    danielrbischoff

    Joined: Nov 2009
    Posted: Sep 21st, 2012 at 4:17 pm
    Local co-op with a brother is the way to go. Me and my brother had so much fun playing NBA Hangtime on N64 growing up.
  • napsterxxl
    napsterxxl

    Joined: Mar 2006
    Posted: Sep 21st, 2012 at 5:39 am
    this game has shotguns, that fire rockets, pistols that make enemies splatter all over he wall with one shot and assault rifles that act more like miniguns firing HE ammo...and you p***ies want to sneak around like scared little girls? SHAME ON YOU!! SHAME!!!
  • danielrbischoff
    danielrbischoff

    Joined: Nov 2009
    Posted: Sep 21st, 2012 at 10:55 am
    Is there a gun that fires smaller guns at everyone?
  • napsterxxl
    napsterxxl

    Joined: Mar 2006
    Posted: Sep 21st, 2012 at 1:00 pm
    You know what, I haven't found one yet, but I wouldn't be surprised if there was a gun like that. I mean they have guns that instead of reloading them, you throw them at the enemy and they explode like a grenade.
  • danielrbischoff
    danielrbischoff

    Joined: Nov 2009
    Posted: Sep 21st, 2012 at 4:17 pm
    Hahaha, I have seen that one during a presentation at PAX last year.
  • Guernica
    Guernica

    Joined: Mar 2009
    Posted: Sep 21st, 2012 at 5:50 am
    `Splosions. definitely `splosions.
  • moretokes
    moretokes

    Joined: Apr 2011
    Posted: Sep 21st, 2012 at 7:40 am
    Sounds like I'd use two profiles
  • seesaw24
    seesaw24

    Joined: May 2009
    Posted: Sep 21st, 2012 at 7:44 am
    Almost always 'splosions for me. I never really cared for stealth which is why I've never finished more than one level in any MGS game. The only exception is Deus Ex: HR.
  • danielrbischoff
    danielrbischoff

    Joined: Nov 2009
    Posted: Sep 21st, 2012 at 10:56 am
    That's an amazing exception. What made you want to finish the game? The narrative? Or am I misunderstanding you and you've only finished one level?
  • seesaw24
    seesaw24

    Joined: May 2009
    Posted: Sep 22nd, 2012 at 6:52 am
    The outstanding level design, the narrative, and the sense of freedom and choice made me finish it. I've never had that much fun being stealthy.
  • seesaw24
    seesaw24

    Joined: May 2009
    Posted: Sep 22nd, 2012 at 7:15 am
    The outstanding level design, the narrative, and the sense of freedom and choice made me finish it. I've never had that much fun being stealthy.
  • UghRochester
    UghRochester

    Joined: Jun 2006
    Posted: Sep 21st, 2012 at 8:20 am
    I haven't played Borderlands and Borderlands 2, but I'm the master of stealth. I'm sure Daniel and whoever has played Halo: Reach during a community playdate can verify this. Explosions don't excite me as much as a swift kill. I've been fascinated about being invisible ever since I can remember. If you see you see here, in my recorded video of while I was LIVE streaming, I'm pretty good of being not seen.

    www.ustream.tv/recorded/25502971

    If you watch the beginning to Monty Python's And Now For Something Completely Different, they will teach YOU how not to be seen. Also, 'splosions makes too much noise and the enemy could hear you. Being stealth, you could escape safely if done correctly. Do you want to battle more enemies or escape safely? Also another reason why stealth is b
  • UghRochester
    UghRochester

    Joined: Jun 2006
    Posted: Sep 21st, 2012 at 8:23 am
    Wow! I couldn't finish my comment. It was like some ninja sliced part of my comment away.
  • danielrbischoff
    danielrbischoff

    Joined: Nov 2009
    Posted: Sep 21st, 2012 at 10:56 am
    The master of stealth before I come after you spraying ammo with my smg.
  • Alex_Osborn
    Alex_Osborn

    Joined: Jan 2012
    Posted: Sep 21st, 2012 at 8:44 am
    Sneaking is totally overrated. It requires far too much patience (and I suck at it).

    Blowing stuff up is where it's at.
  • oneshotstop
    oneshotstop

    Joined: Sep 2008
    Posted: Sep 21st, 2012 at 10:00 am
    I prefer stealth. While you cant really have both, it is far more doable to go from stealth to explosions than it is explosions to stealth. I will kill as many enemies as possible to reach my objective without being noticed. The less I have to deal with in a real fight, the better.
  • danielrbischoff
    danielrbischoff

    Joined: Nov 2009
    Posted: Sep 21st, 2012 at 10:57 am
    Too true. When everything goes to ****, explosions are a nice fall back.
  • friggest
    friggest

    Joined: Mar 2008
    Posted: Sep 21st, 2012 at 10:29 am
    I used to be all about blowing things up, but switched to stealth recently. Thought a major exception is the rogue from WoW; at first I loved being a rogue but then I got lonely and learned to hate the class. But with Metal Gear and even to Uncharted I loved cracking necks silently.

    Stealth, except for rogues, with are a vile vile class.
  • danielrbischoff
    danielrbischoff

    Joined: Nov 2009
    Posted: Sep 21st, 2012 at 10:58 am
    The stealth in Uncharted is quite satisfying, but it's difficult to do. Even when I'm presented with an opportunity to be stealthy, Drake talks to himself the whole time and gets me caught.
  • cyberjim2000
    cyberjim2000

    Joined: Feb 2010
    Posted: Sep 21st, 2012 at 12:32 pm
    Why not do both?
  • UghRochester
    UghRochester

    Joined: Jun 2006
    Posted: Sep 21st, 2012 at 4:05 pm
    As part of my stealth. I use 'splosions mostly not to harm, but to distract.
  • GuerillaMatzilla
    GuerillaMatzilla

    Joined: May 2011
    Posted: Sep 21st, 2012 at 1:40 pm
    I prefer stealth in Borderlands 2 and the improved critical hit death animations make it a lot more fun than the same route on Borderlands 1. I also like loot though, so you can't just sit back and snipe the whole time if you still want a piece of the pie.
  • danielrbischoff
    danielrbischoff

    Joined: Nov 2009
    Posted: Sep 21st, 2012 at 4:18 pm
    Maybe you can sneak up to the loot while the rest of your group finishes off the enemies.
  • Jonathan_Leack
    Jonathan_Leack

    Joined: Jan 2012
    Posted: Sep 21st, 2012 at 2:28 pm
    Stealth. I always prefer the challenge of being methodical over running in guns blazing. Hell, in RPGs I tend to play squishy classes that require quick maneuvering in order to be viable. It just feels more rewarding that way.
  • TurinAlexander
    TurinAlexander

    Joined: Sep 2006
    Posted: Sep 21st, 2012 at 4:05 pm
    I prefer stealth, mostly because I like to know what kind of situation I'm walking into before the sh*t hit's the fan. But, I'm always ready to start tossing out the explosions too. Just because Plan A is to move in stealthily doesn't mean I'm not going to have a Plan B.
  • danielrbischoff
    danielrbischoff

    Joined: Nov 2009
    Posted: Sep 21st, 2012 at 4:19 pm
    So silenced pistol main hand, cluster hand-grenade in the off-hand. Got it.

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