Product Information. Relive your youth with 'Bully: Scholarship Edition' for the Microsoft Xbox 360. Players will take on the role of Jimmy Hopkins, a new student at Bullworth Academy. Jimmy is a troublemaker, having been expelled from seven of his previous schools. His parents are hoping Bullworth Academy changes Hopkins for the better. However, our protagonist has other ideas in mind for this prestigious school.
He aims to defeat the various school factions one at a time and take over the school. The bullies, geeks, and jocks don't stand a chance against Hopkins and his devious schemes. The developer of 'Bully' was Rockstar Vancouver and the publisher was Rockstar Games. This Rockstar title had a release date of 2008 on the Xbox 360.' Bully: Scholarship Edition' is an open-world game.
Not only can you explore the school grounds but also the surrounding city as well. This Xbox 360 game features a day/night cycle with time advancing as you play. During the day, you'll have to attend class. Classes range from English and Math to Art and Chemistry. Attending and doing well in class will reward you with new items to use during gameplay.
While you can skip class, you'll want to watch your step. If an authority figure catches you, you'll be in huge trouble. In addition to attending class, you can woo boys and girls, talk to NPCs, and work at jobs. The only way out of most situations in 'Bully' is by fighting your way out. Jimmy's primary weapons are his two fists. While you start with just basic punches, you can unlock an array of new combat moves. As you progress further in 'Bully: Scholarship Edition,' you'll unlock new weapons, ranging from a simple slingshot to stink bombs and itching powder.
If you take any damage, you can regain your health by eating snack food or drinking a soda. If you lose all of your health, you are sent back to your dorm room, and you'll also fail the current mission you are on. 'Bully: Scholarship Edition' is a port of the original PS2 game.
This Xbox 360 game adds a massive amount of new content. Fans of the PlayStation 2 version will want to play this new version as the content changes the title significantly. The Xbox 360 title features an improved graphics engine with a new physics engine. The character models are more crisp with better ragdoll effects. The original compressed dialogue tracks are replaced with new higher-quality ones. NPC characters are given more lines to say, cutting back on their repetitive nature.
There are now four new classes to attend including Biology, Music, Math, and Geography. You'll also find new outfits to wear, which transform Hopkins into a sharply dressed man. Lastly, this Xbox game now supports multiplayer for up to two players. Throughout various points in the story, you'll unlock games that you can play against another player. These range from carnival games to races.
Like all Xbox 360 games, 'Bully' also has a full set of achievements to unlock.This Xbox game has a rating of T from the ESRB. This rating is due to the usage of crude humor, violence, and language. With over 25 missions to complete, 'Bully' will take most gamers around 40 hours to finish. Bully: Scholarship EditionBully: Scholarship Edition takes place in the fictional New England boarding school of Bullworth Academy and tells the story of 15-year-old Jimmy Hopkins as he experiences the highs and lows of adjusting to a new school. Capturing the hilarity and awkwardness of adolescence perfectly, Bully: Scholarship Edition pulls the player into its cinematic and engrossing world.PUBLISHER: Rockstar GamesDEVELOPER: Rockstar VancouverGENRE(S): Action, AdventurePLAYERS: 1ESRB RATING: T (Teen)RELEASE DATE: March 3, 2008Next to the countless genre clones in the 360 library, Bully: Scholarship Edition stands at the head of the class, easily earning an A for originality.If you missed Bully the first time around, scholarship edition is a great game to pick up. Cool gameTons of stuff to do with plenty of interactivity to the general environment. Upgrades from taking courses or doing missions or side activities definitely make it all worthwhile.Only a couple of complaints.
The day goes by too quickly. Early in the game, you'll either be getting chased around campus for being truant from class, or you'll be spending the whole day in class (Thankfully that stops when you complete the entire course and it lets you skip that particular class). Even when you're done with classes though, it's a constant race against the clock to finish tasks before you pass out at night. The customization is really lacking on Jimmy. You can change his haircut slightly but he still looks the same and if you're still needing to take classes, prefects in the school will bus t you if you're not in uniform so it's like a disincentive to wear anything else.Given those complaints, a lot of the humor is great from the alcoholic english teacher, the cooking lady, and especially the cliques of school hierarchy.The tasks are fun, even if some are really difficult. Same with course work.
Some is just too easy and others are really difficult (Chemistry really easy button prompts, geography really difficult unless you cheat through it by having a map and repeatedly pausing the game).There's just something about the fun, the amount of things to do, and storyline that just keeps me coming to this game.
. WW: 8 December 2016Mode(s),Bully is an developed by and published. It was released on 17 October 2006 for. A remastered version of the game, subtitled Scholarship Edition, was developed by and was released on 4 March 2008 for and and on 21 October 2008 for.
Bully was re-released for available via on 22 March 2016. An updated version of the Scholarship Edition, titled Anniversary Edition, was developed by War Drum Studios and was released for and on 8 December 2016.Set within the fictional town of Bullworth, the story follows a student and his efforts to rise through the ranks of the school system. The design lets the player freely roam Bullworth.
The game is played from a and its world is navigated on foot, skateboard, scooter, bicycle or go-kart. Players control teenager James 'Jimmy' Hopkins, a student who is involuntarily enrolled at Bullworth Academy. He discovers that the school is filled with bullies, and becomes determined to bring peace, ultimately becoming more respected among the town groups. Jimmy is expected to attend class, which is a main gameplay aspect. In Scholarship Edition, a two-player competitive multiplayer mode lets two players compete for the highest score in different classes.Despite initial controversy for its expected violence and homosexual content, Bully received positive reviews, with praise directed at the game's missions, narrative as well as the characters and their development. Criticism was reserved for its presentation and glitches.
The original version of Bully sold over 1.5 million copies, and received multiple year-end accolades. Contents.Gameplay Bully is an set in an environment and played from a. The game's single-player mode lets the player control a high school student—teenage rebel James 'Jimmy' Hopkins.
Throughout the story, Jimmy rises through the ranks of the school groups, archetypes which include Bullies, Nerds, Preppies, Greasers, and Jocks. Players complete missions—linear scenarios with set objectives—to progress through the story.
Outside of missions, the player can the game's open world, and has the ability to complete optional side missions. The world of Bully, named Bullworth, is separated between five areas: Bullworth Academy, Old Bullworth Vale, Bullworth Town, New Coventry, and the Blue Skies Industrial Area. At the beginning of the game, the player can only explore Bullworth Academy, with all other areas unlocking as the story progresses.The player can use attacks and weapons to fight enemies. The weapons available include, bags of,. Jimmy can run, jump, swim or use vehicles to navigate the game's world. The vehicles available in the game includes a,. Bus stops are located in various locations around the world, allowing the player to quickly travel back to Bullworth Academy.
Should the player take damage, their health meter can be fully regenerated using multiple techniques, such as drinking sodas, which can be obtained from vending machines. If the player breaks rules while playing, the game's authority figures may respond as indicated by a 'trouble' meter in the (HUD).
On the meter, the displayed levels indicate the current level of severity (for example, at the maximum sixth level, efforts by all authority figures to incapacitate the player become very aggressive). Authority figures will search for the player who escape their line of sight; the trouble meter enters a cool-down mode and eventually recedes when the player has evaded the authority figures.When not performing missions, the player has the ability to attend classes; truanting a required class is a rule violation. Each class grants the player with a special ability upon passing; for example, English allows players to apologise to authority figures after violating rules, and Chemistry grants the player with the ability to create firecrackers, stink bombs, and itching powder.
Once the player passes a class five times, the class is completed and becomes optional. The player will also no longer will be truant when a completed class is happening. The player can initiate romantic relationships with, acquiring the ability to give them gifts and kiss them, as kissing also replenishes health.Synopsis Setting.
Artwork of protagonist Jimmy Hopkins (left) and antagonist Gary Smith (right)Bully takes place at Bullworth Academy, a private in the region of the. After being expelled from seven previous schools, the game's protagonist, 15-year-old James 'Jimmy' Hopkins, is sent there for a year while his mother and her new husband go on their honeymoon. Surrounding the Academy is the town of Bullworth.
The school campus is designed in a style, similar to and colleges in the and New England, such as in.Plot After getting dropped off at Bullworth Academy by his mother and her new husband, Jimmy Hopkins meets with the school's principal, Dr. Crabblesnitch (Ralph Gunderman), who urges him to 'keep his nose clean'. He is soon befriended by senior Gary Smith and freshman Peter 'Pete/Petey' Kowalski. Assuming the role of mentor, Gary introduces Jimmy to Bullworth's various 'cliques': the,. At first, the two boys work together to try and assert their dominance over the cliques. However, Gary, who appears to suffer from a, eventually betrays Jimmy by pitting him against Russell Northrop (Cody Melton), the leader of the Bullies, in an underground fight.
Jimmy beats Russell and forces him to stop picking on his fellow students, to which the latter agrees. With this, Jimmy befriends Russell and earns the respect of the Bullies.Eager to expand his control, Jimmy turns his attention to the Preppies. Just as he begins to win them over, Gary tricks them into turning against him.
In response, Jimmy signs up for a boxing tournament hosted by the Preppies' leader, Derby Harrington. Though he wins, the Preppies refuse to accept defeat and gang up on him, resulting in a massive fight that ends with Jimmy declaring himself the new leader. With the Preppies subdued, Jimmy then sets out to conquer their rivals, the Greasers.
Johnny Vincent (Rocco Rosanio), their leader, asks Jimmy to help him expose an between his girlfriend Lola Lombardi , and Gord Vendome , a member of the Preppies. This angers the Preppies, so to get them back onside, Jimmy spray paints Preppy graffiti in Greaser territory, which angers them. After Gary tips Johnny off on Jimmy's growing closeness with Lola, he sets an ambush for him in a scrapyard. With Petey's help, Johnny is defeated and the Greasers recognize Jimmy as their superior. During this chapter, Jimmy also helps out a homeless man (Michael Pemberton) who pretends to be.Determined to bring peace to Bullworth, Jimmy moves to take over the Jocks, who are considered to be the most powerful of the cliques. To beat them, Jimmy works to gain the trust of their main rivals, the Nerds, and their leader, Earnest Jones (Jesse Tendler). After fighting his way to the Nerds' hideout in the Observatory, Jimmy defeats Earnest in a fight, and enlists his help in ruining the Jocks' reputation.
The Nerds get Jimmy to take inappropriate pictures of the school's head cheerleader, Mandy Wiles (Elena Franklin), and the pictures are spread around town, embarrassing Mandy. Jimmy decides to cover the pictures around town out of sympathy to Mandy. The Jocks attack the Nerds' hideout in retaliation, and Jimmy fights them off. After the drama dies down, the Nerds reveal a plan to sabotage the Jocks' big home game and Jimmy does all of the hard work, embarrassing not just the Jocks, but also the cheerleaders and the school mascot.
Humiliated, the Jocks and their leader, Ted Thompson (Alexander Cendese), challenge Jimmy to a fight in the school's football field, which they subsequently lose.With the cliques united under Jimmy's rule, peace is restored to Bullworth and Jimmy, who basks in his newfound glory, is well respected by everyone. Secretly, Gary convinces the cliques to pressure Jimmy to vandalize Bullworth's town hall. When he returns from doing so, he finds that Gary has orchestrated a series of dangerous and destructive pranks throughout the school; the library, where the Nerds hang out, is filled with rats; the Jocks' gymnasium is set on fire; Johnny is dragged off to a mental institution after his anger management problems are triggered; and the Preppies' boxing trophies are stolen.
Believing Jimmy's lack of leadership led to these incidents, the Cliques - with the exception of the Bullies - turn on him. The final straw occurs when Gary informs Crabblesnitch of Jimmy's vandalising the town hall, which leads to his expulsion from Bullworth Academy.Jimmy initially accepts defeat, but Petey urges him to fight back and take on Gary. Learning that the pranks were orchestrated by the ', a group of former Bullworth students who have turned to Gary for revenge against the school, Jimmy seeks help from Townie member Zoe Taylor (Molly Fox), by helping her get revenge on predatory Bullworth gym teacher Mr. Burton, who got her expelled when she accused him of sexually harassing her. Zoe tells him that the Townie leader, Edgar Munsen (Jan Milewicz), is holed up in the Blue Skies Industrial Park. Jimmy and Russell (his only remaining ally) then ram their way through the entrance to the Townies' main hideout, and while Russell distracts the police and Zoe keeps the other Townies occupied, Jimmy sneaks inside and confronts Edgar. After beating him, he explains Gary's deception, and Edgar offers him Townie support.
Zoe arrives with news that Gary and his followers have taken Crabblesnitch hostage, sparking a full-blown war between the cliques. The Townies and Russell help Jimmy neutralize the clique leaders, giving him an opening to enter the main building and chase Gary to the roof.Gary taunts Jimmy, claiming that he will win no matter what. Jimmy tackles him over the side and the two end up falling through the roof of Crabblesnitch's office. Once freed, he has Gary expelled and fires Mr. Burton for his actions against Zoe. He allows Jimmy and Zoe to return to Bullworth, and appoints Petey as head boy, replacing the now expelled Gary.
As his friends and allies cheer on, Jimmy shares a kiss with Zoe.Development Rockstar announced Bully on May 2005 for the PlayStation 2 and with an original expected release date of October 2005. Early information released by Take-Two Interactive seemed to indicate that the player would be taking the role of a bully, and screenshots printed in showed the player-controlled administering a ' and throwing a punch at another student. However, the tone of the final game was different, with the player in the role of a problem student who stood up to and fought back against bullies, in effect, bullying on behalf of the victims, or in self-defense.The version of the game uses an advanced engine through.
Rockstar Vancouver decided to make every student in the school have a unique appearance and personality.When developing the characters, the team aimed at recreating the state of being a child, and making it enjoyable. Parallels were made between Jimmy and 's.
Jimmy and Holden share a background of a difficult homelife and being thrown out of multiple private schools. Though the pompous Dr. Crabblesnitch is originally introduced as the main antagonist, this role is later replaced by Gary Smith, who initially befriends Jimmy. Gary is described as a. He admits that he suffers from and is a, as he considers himself smarter and better than everyone, and wants to run the school.Scholarship Edition On 19 July 2007, Rockstar announced that a remaster would be released for the and, subtitled Scholarship Edition., then called Mad Doc Software, led development with the Xbox 360 version while ported it to the Wii. The Wii and Xbox 360 versions were released on 4 March 2008.
A port was later developed by Rockstar New England and released on 21 October 2008. The game features additional content which is not in the original version, including missions, characters, school classes, and unlockable items and clothing. Some small script changes have been made, and the highly compressed voice files of the original have been replaced with higher-quality versions.
The random non-player characters also have more lines. In addition, single system two-player competitive multiplayer minigames have also been added, along with for the Xbox 360 version and motion and pointer controls for the Wii version. All ports of the Scholarship Edition use the game engine, rather than, which was used for the original version. Reception Critical response Bully receptionAggregate scoreAggregatorScore87/100Review scoresPublicationScoreA+8.7/108.9/10Bully received 'generally favorable' reviews from critics, according to.' S Daniel Wilks commends the game for its 'clever script, some novel missions, and well constructed characters'. However, he criticised it for 'time dilation, dodgy camera, and generic mini-games'.As of 12 March 2008, the PlayStation 2 version of Bully had sold 1.5 million copies according to.
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