On the downside, there is a lot of backtracking which forces you through the town more often than is comfortable. There are different neighborhoods, business sections and secret areas to investigate. The town is huge and just begs to be explored. The gameplay is open-ended, consisting of performing tasks for the many, hundred-plus characters that you will run into during your adventure. Suffice to say that anyone that plays it would enjoy it and see past the bullying, otherwise they can take their Conway Twitty albums and take a ride in the back of a cement mixer for all I care.Ĭreated by Rockstar Vancouver, there are shades of Grand Theft Auto in Bully. There are tons of things to do in this game such as earning money after school doing odd jobs such as delivering papers, cutting peoples grass and flipping burgers at a fast-food joint. Jimmy learns to deal with these people through a variety of means, one of which is through violence but the game does not solely focus on this activity as the lone form of retribution. Jimmy is not what you would call a bully but rather he reacts to social pressures placed on him from bullies as well as other annoying characters such as ruthless teachers, nerds, jocks, greasers and preppies. He attends a rather stodgy school named Bullworth Academy. Jimmy Hopkins is the protagonist of the game. It works wonders for millions of other kids. Parents that think their kids will be influenced to bullying by this game simply need to parent their kids better and teach them the difference between fantasy and reality. You retaliate in the form of pranks and other passive-aggressive activities although there is no shortage of fisticuffs. Most of the bullying comes from the bad kids in the game.

In fact its one of the funniest games Ive played in a long time. The game may be rude, lewd and crude but its all in fun. There is no killing, no blood and no gangsta-related activity. Secondly its all in good fun and all the kids I know will accept it in the nature that it was intended. Its that kind of free publicity thats going to make it a blockbuster and its all unwarranted.įirst off, Bully will not turn an average kid into a high-school killer. Far be it from me to moralize, (okay Im kidding) but lets face it, the media and the moral majority have certainly made out Bully to be one of the most controversial releases in recent memory.

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