If you’re simply messing about outside of class and get caught by a prefect, you’ll be taken to the lesson without any real punishment, but getting caught while on a mission will cause you to fail. These lessons are basically little mini-games that increase in difficulty as you progress from lesson to lesson, and success will earn you rewards in a number of areas – such as increased luck with the ladies. During the morning and afternoon sessions you’ll be required to go to class, with truancy frowned upon by teachers and prefects. The main area is Bullworth Academy, the school in which you’ll attend lessons. Bully is about surviving as the new kid, and it carries that off very well indeed.
The storyline isn’t all that involving, but interesting little things pop up throughout, with Jimmy moving from one activity to the next, showing about as much commitment to something as most kids. You only put up with him for so long, though, and soon that rather weak friendship is over and you move onto other things. One of the first kids you meet is Garry, a really annoying bully that lives in the same dorm as you. Yes, he looks like your stereotypical school bully, but as things turn out, he’s not the repugnant bad boy that his image suggests. He looks like a right little bruiser, with a short stocky build and the face only a mother could love. You play as Jimmy, a teenage boy who’s dropped off at a boarding school while his mother and step-father go on a year-long holiday. After a successful debut on the PlayStation 2, Rockstar and mad doc Software have brought the game to the Xbox 360 and nothing has been lost in translation. The fact that it’s from the creators of GTA and sports a title begging to be ripped apart by anyone opposed to video games as a form of entertainment has simply got people worked up over nothing. You’d be forgiven for thinking Bully is much more than a game – something far more scandalous – but it’s really just another free-roaming action title.
Somewhere hidden amongst the controversy surrounding Rockstar’s Bully is a highly entertaining game.
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