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    Bully: Scholarship Edition

    Game » consists of 14 releases. Released Mar 04, 2008

    'Bully: Scholarship Edition' takes place at the fictional New England boarding school Bullworth Academy, and tells the story of mischievous 15-year-old Jimmy Hopkins as he goes through the hilarity and awkwardness of adolescence. Beat the jocks at dodge ball, play pranks on the preppies, save the nerds, kiss the girl.

    alphadog95's Bully (Xbox 360) review

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    Bully: Scholarship Edition


    Did you ever wonder what Grand Theft Auto would be like if it was based in a school?
    Yeah, me neither. Well, I hadn't until I heard about Bully. Released in 2006 for the Playstation. 2, Bully was a fun but controversial game about a bullied kid taking the fight back to the ones doing the bullying. The game got really positive reviews and the game was memorable, funny and most importantly, good. Now Bully has been given a makeover for the Xbox 360 but is this game still as fun as it was in October 2006 or has beating up defenceless kids gotten boring?
    Read on to find out…
    The story in Bully: Scholarship Edition is the same as it was in the original but there have been 8 extra missions added in for good measure. There's also been 4 new classes added in, a few new classes and achievements.
    Obviously, this is rockstar game so going to want to get 100% completion. To do this you'll have to complete all missions, errands, classes, win all bike and go-kart races, buy all items of clothing, take a picture of every single student for the yearbook etc. etc. It's a lot of work and should keep you busy for 25-30 hours at least.
    The graphics in Scholarship Edition are much improved from the original but they're only marginally improved from the Wii version of Scholarship Edition, which isn't too great for a 360 game.
    The game is a little flawed and from time to time your game may take too long to load, not start or on one occasion for me, freeze. This isn't a big problem as it doesn't happen too often but you've just got to remember to keep saving your game if you've been playing for over an hour.
    The game also features two- player mode but it's basically just little minigames you can play with a friend. It sucks compared to how fun the single-player is.
    Overall, Bully: Scholarship is a good funny game that has loads of depth to it and tons of memorable characters. The two-player and freezing let it down a little bit but don't do enough to harm this great game.

    GOODS:
    + Absolutely hilarious
    + Great plot
    + Lots to do
    + Harassing kids is still fun

    BADS:
    + Game can crash and freeze
    + Two-Player sucks
    + Some missions get a bit repetitive    
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      Bully: Scholarship Edition Review 0

      Bully(Xbox 360) by elk on April 05, 2010

      Bully is based in and around the schoolyard of one of the roughest schools in the world, at the beginning you'll be dropped off outside Bullsworth academy by your Mother and stepdad, this will be your home for the next year while they are on a very long cruise. After some brief introductions you are left to make your own way in the school, you have two classes a day to attend and various side missions and a main quest to follow to advance the story. The game has a very open feel and there is muc...

      3 out of 3 found this review helpful.

      Rockstar's child friendly effort deserves your attention 0

      Bully(Xbox 360) by _mattallica on September 25, 2012

      Going into Bully: Scholarship Edition I was definitely excited to try a completely different experience from one of my favorite publishers, Rockstar Games. Being a huge fan of Grand Theft Auto, Manhunt and Max Payne I wanted to see whether the usually adult company could create a world and story not involving murders, drugs and the usual Rockstar conventions. What I got was a fantastic concept with likeable characters and varied gameplay. Bully stands alone as a completely different experience t...

      2 out of 2 found this review helpful.
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