Game Review: Bully Scholarship Edition
Review By Kyra M.

We're here to tell you about Bully Scholarship edition the new game soon to be released by rockstar.

Bully takes you into the life of 15 year old delinquent Jimmy Hopkins who has been expelled from 7 other schools and is finally dropped into Bullworth academy by his parents.  You follow Jimmy through his day to day life as he deals with the ups and downs of adjusting to his new school (a fictional, entirely corrupt, boarding school) located somewhere in New England.

Bully expresses the awkwardness and overall humorous daily life of adolescence so perfectly it's almost frightening.  It pulls you into its cinematic and highly engaging world, causing one to wonder why on earth anyone would actually want to relive those years!

Though developed by Rockstar (renowned creator of GTA - that's Grand Theft Auto for those over 30) I’m sad to say there is no blood, no guns, and no cool cars to boost; not to say that there is no violence, but it is a T rated game so don’t expect it to be a GTA clone.

The story lets you determine, through various missions, how the student body will react to you, as each mission gains or loses you respect from specific groups and cliques.  Honestly earning their respect saves you a lot of grief, as most of the cliques would rather beat you into the ground than bother with you.  Communicating with fellow students is as simple as selecting a positive or negative response, you may want to avoid the negative ones.  Avoid taunting or provoking fights as much as possible, since praise can win you the heart of a girl or boy and kissing raises your health.  So remember: a kiss a day keeps the reaper away, though you may need more then one.

Most of the action involves hand to hand combat but you do get to use a few humiliation tactics that are more then entertaining. To fully appreciate this game you would have to take your time, attend a few classes, and complete all the missions.  If your not really into that, and simply want to beat it and get it over with, it’ll take you maybe 12 to 14 hours.

I’m not saying it’s a must have, just simply a must play. But forever thank Rockstar for bringing us back to our teenage angst years and reminding us why we rarely look back fondly on them.

Kyra M.
Game Reviewer