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the psychopa7h
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Posted on 28 August 12 at 07:54
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Now let’s see how much fun Bully: Scholarship Edition is on a scale from 1 to 10?
FUN FACTOR – 8.5
Bully is not a game that aims to simulate bullying. The main character Jimmy can choose to defend others from bullies as much as be a bully himself. The actual in-game goal is trying to end bullying at the Bullworth Academy! If anything it shows how damaging bullying can be, which is a valuable lesson to teach anyone. That’s why picking on female characters or smaller children is an extreme transgression within the game’s internal rules with immediate punishments.
With that out of the way, the sandbox nature of Bully sort of makes it resemble Grand Theft Auto in high school, and Bully will definitely tide you over until Grand Theft Auto 4 arrives next month. Bully is turned into a worthwhile action-adventure game with a dark comedic spin, thanks to the great exaggerated story it tells via over 100 unique characters, as you play through the levels. Bully is a unique experience to say the least, put your preconceptions aside and give this great game a try, it delivers on the fun factor.
Graphics – 7.0
While the character models and animations look smoother than the PS2 version, they are obviously more angular than smooth, but an hour into the game you’re pulled into the story to a degree where you won’t care about the cartoon-ified graphics because they do their job. While that may be the case, for some reason the engine can’t manage all the on-screen visuals properly and delivers a struggling framerate, not to mention every environment has to be loaded, which usually takes longer than you want it to. Don’t judge it too quickly on looks alone though, because despite those flaws, what’s presented to you is still an atmospheric feeling game.
Ingenuity – 8.5
The gameplay has great controls, you’ll get used to the controls in half an hour or so and you’ll be off exploring the school from there on out. What is an issue is that there are lots of load times, and you’ll probably see some fluctuations in the framerate, but Bully is worth those inconveniences because it does everything else so great. Not only are all of the game’s characters unique and have their own personalities to a certain degree, they are also doing their own thing separate from your story, as is made evident by seeing other kids being busted by the prefects rather than them only coming after you. There’s lots of ingenuity like that put into the gameplay and it helps make you feel part of a believable school
Replay Value – 8.0
Expect to play through Bully’s main missions in under 15 hours. But if you enjoy the game enough to look around everywhere and end up doing more classes, taking more errands, and going after all the extras, then you’ll be able to play the game for over 20 hours. The 10 two-player offline minigames are a fun distraction, but no more. |