just discovered ur channel... nostalgia factor 1000.realy in depth ... maybe a little to much but i love. from mgs to bully to san andreas..just found ur channel and love it but hoping theres a max payne video to watch next keep it up either way
I always liked Jimmy’s character. A shithead kid with a solid moral compass and smart as a whip. Oh yea and anime protagonist level of fighting skills lol.
@@mdragarg which aren’t that hard to find, especially if you own the scholarship edition vs. the original PS2 version. The geography class rewards allows the item pickups to show up on the map in game
I always liked how in the end when you save the headmaster. It's like a sign of mutual respect. Proof that they don't hate each other. They just see the world differently.
One of the implications about the homeless guy is that he was in Korea together with Mr Hatrick and Hatrick was a sniper who killed several of his own men. The homeless guy tried to expose Hatrick but it went against him and that’s why he went crazy.
@@TheCheezFace it’s not, one of the kids you can meet in the game, Pedro, tells you that Hatrick served in Korea coincidentally in the same place where the Hobo’s platoon was shot down by friendly fire.
@@MadDragonify that's interesting. I always thought that hobo's squad ended up with some knowledge of some alien technology during their tour of duty and that's why they were shot down. That's what hobo recreates when you get him all the transistors
I wish Rockstar would make smaller niche titles like Bully more often, because playing this felt special, like entering a John Hughes movie. Their recent games have been very impressive, but they make them on such a grand scale that it appears to consume all their attention for years at a time.
That’ll be too much like doing right, hell, being an older guy, I wish there was more niche games in general like the older days of the 90s to early 00s.
It felt a lot more like a Catcher in The Rye kinda thing to me than John Hughes. You could see Hughes influence but it was pure Salinger to me with the private school intracacies and so on.
@@TheRealRusDaddy If you interrupt him when he's spray-tagging, he actually wields the pray can as a weapon which is far less deadly than his usual melee. That's the easiest way I found of beating him at the beginning of the game.
The clique harassment of other cliques is so consistent that if preps see Pinky in a cheerleader uniform, they'll insult her. Which either means they disapprove of her being a cheerleader or cheerleaders are automatically considered jock clique... its the latter but I like to imagine the former as head-canon lore.
It's actually the former. Preppies disapprove of the Jock outfit she wears, despite her 100% respect with the Preppy faction. Jimmy works the same way.
@@KopperNeoman I just figured it was a programming issue with the cheerleader model lol. But I had attributed lore to it. I guess it could be intentional after all.
I heard Dr. Crabblesnitch was actually going to originally be the main antagonist, but then Rockstar changed it to Gary Smith later on in the game's development.
@@jk-474 Two of my favorite channels. they both got me to replay Bully about once a year because of their content, usually in the summer or around Halloween.
@@TV-Tony There’s just a feeling with this one that’s hard to resist and each time you replay it, it still feels fresh! I’ve played the story from start to finish in elementary school, middle school I don’t recall, high school again I believe and then once again in 2021 with the pandemic. So seeing the story again even at different ages especially during and after that time where I would be Jimmy’s age and in school, my relatability and takes on it would change each time. In 2021, it was looking BACK at high school for the first time while playing that really blew my mind and made me yearn for my past again unlike the other times I played it 🤯
@@TV-Tony There’s just a feeling with this one that’s hard to resist and each time you replay it, it still feels fresh! I’ve played the story from start to finish in elementary school, middle school I don’t recall, high school again I believe and then once again in 2021 with the pandemic. So seeing the story again even at different ages especially during and after that time where I would be Jimmy’s age and in school, my relatability and takes on it would change each time. In 2021, it was looking BACK at high school for the first time while playing that really blew my mind and made me yearn for my past again unlike the other times I played it 🤯
@@jk-474 Nice. Just the story though? I usually 100% the game using Robert Rusk's walkthrough on Gamefaqs and the maps in the Brady guide. Just finished it about a month ago.
One of my favorites of all time. My only real complaint is I found it ridiculously easy. But I dug the smaller but more detailed and interactive game world, and loved Jimmy.
Wow I really just watched a video of someone telling me everything that happens in a game I know by heart. Quality narration dawg I watch the entire hour
Same here. I've beaten this game so many times, and even still go back to it once a year or so to this day. There's nothing in this game I don't know about, and here I am watching an hour long video about it lol
If Petey would've been the villain oh man it would've gone from a 4.5 star game to a 5 star game with the twist at the end and a big "Don't judge a book by its cover" lesson
So many good childhood memories of this game. One thing i really liked was the music tracks, they were so catchy and I'd find myself listening to them outside of playing the game.
It’s funny how the guy in the video assumed that the principal was going to a bad guy. Because originally Dr. Crabblesnitch was going to be the big bad. The only reference to this scrapped idea is artwork of Jimmy having a stare down with Crabblesnitch.
I remember my dad buying this game for my sister and I on the Wii lmao! I was pretty young so I’d just skateboard around in the skeleton costume and kiss girls
One of my favourite parts of the game is honestly Jimmy. Ever since San Andreas, you can see Rockstar has been trying their best to make likable protagonists who still end up on murder sprees, but it was refreshing to have a Rockstar protagonist who is just straight up a good person at heart, if rough around the edges. Also, I find the Inbetweeners reference with Pete really funny given that early concept art showed him with a briefcase.
I swear I've only been able to play through this game once when I was younger. It would be a trip to play through it again. Awesome video dude once again knocking it out of the park
Honestly, given how Rockstar turned GTA V into a microtransaction hellscape and changed the SD era of GTA games into a "Definitive Edition" that looks worse than the original games, it's probably for the best that Rockstar has forgotten about Bully.
I picked this game up at 9 years old going on 10 back in January of 2009. I saw a playthrough of Russell In The Hole while browsing RUclips either in 2007 or 8, heard about the game from a friend during gym class, remembered it and made sure to pick it up ASAP. I had already played San Andreas, Vice City, III, IV the Stories GTA games, so the content was certainly tamer, but the charm and the writing kept me in for the ride. Been a favorite JUST like GTA and the Redemption games ever since, beaten it at least 3-4 times over the years between the PS2 and 360 Scholarship versions. We NEED a sequel AND a remaster for this one 😎💯
@@Davidthang45I think my record was 12-14 hours to beat the game beginning to end, believe I did that right around the time I wrote this comment. Playing it again now actually, PS2 version on my launch A01 PS3 that plays PS2 😎👏🏻
My favourite part about this video is the acknowledgements of all the great references. You killed it- kept my ADHD ass entertained talking about a game I've already played. Good shit
In terms of Gary, despite his loud proclamations, I like to think that the factions, with their numbers, thought they could control him. That while he was a master manipulator, he needed them. Just like a lot of other instances, when the solo who simply needs others to give him some power, Gary takes it all. He has the manipulation skills to make each faction think he is the x factor that will allow them to take over. Only the people who know he has no use and is a venomous snake (literaly just Jimmy and Pete) are those who aren't surprised by what he did. Just some thoughts from someone who didnt play the game but still enjoys it vicariously.
As a kid i was so into the schow recess and always wished they would make a game out of it, it maybe a bit more violent than i expected but its still a pretty good adaptation.
This game deserves some sequels. Say Senior year for Jimmy, with a new kid showing up , like he did , to shake things up. Maybe a summer vacation , with Jimmy on a trip abroad. Maybe Jimmy's kid (s) a few decades later.
Bully was an absolute amazing game to play and had the most phenomenal voice acting even modern games can’t match for me. I really hated the ending though. It just felt so lackluster and anticlimactic compared to everything else you go through. Honestly, I wouldn’t mind a remake of the game one day, just cause I’m curious on what it would look like with updated graphics (and some parts of the writing could be improve kkkk).
You know, now that i think about it it makes sense why jimmy is fighting all the leaders of each clique to prove he's tougher. You make it to a school where everyone tries to fight you and one of your only "friends" turns his back on you because of his fear that you'd pose an actual threat to his plans to take over the school so naturally jimmy feels the need to make it a reality thats why he beats the leaders of each clique and tells them each that they work for him now, and also tells them to stop the rivalry.
I remember the first time I played this game was when I rented it from BlockBluster. Such an awesome game I wish they’d make a sequel or remake it with more flushed out versions of gameplay.
I hadn't played bully up until a few years ago, honestly was pretty enjoyable. The entire map had a really interesting feel of nostalgia mixed with a wink of tim burton. Also you missed that Jimmy can add males to his Harem.
What a great video!! Loved Bully as a kid, I actually replayed it couple years back as an adult and man does it hold up just like you said! We need Bully 2 come on rockstar!!!
21:47 youre the first person i saw mention Gary’s possible motive aside from him being a sociopath. I noticed he called Jimmy a bully before but never thought this is the reasoning. Him being narcissistic would blind him from seeing Jimmy was just returning what he put out
This game has to be set between 1988 and 1993. The tech/lack of tech shown in the game is indicative of that time. In the 2000s everyone had cell phones and PCs were common in schools and libraries. I don't recall anyone mentioning the Internet or even having a pager or "Brick" cell phone. The racer arcade game the preps have in their clubhouse was more common in the early 90s, so I think that's when this game is actually set. Though I know Rockstar did claim it was set when it released (2006), there's just no way that holds up to scrutiny.
No the game take place in the time of the reelease, we can see posters in the game and in the site web the metion of 2006.. they just did'nt iclude cell phones and computers because it simply added nothing to the game and wanted to make the game to speak to everyone. there is litteraly nothing who prouves that the game take place in prior to he release (+ there is posters from 2005 in the game)
@@scp-080 "your decades"? There may be posters in the game referencing the year, I hadn't seen those during the playthrough. As far as being "cringe", that makes no sense as a statement. All you're doing is using made up online tropes instead of coming up with a coherent argument. You didn't refute my argument, you clearly lack the intelligence to do so. Lack of intelligence and inability to form complex thought is usually why someone cannot argue against a point intelligently. How "cringe" of you 🤣.
I believe there should have been two endings. The one we received and remember at the start of the game when Gary says he was medicated they should of put him back on the meds and in a cutscene we can see him being all Downey, a sorta bad ending for him
I know its the thing to say "We want Bully 2". But then sometimes I think about what if the sequel woulda sucked? Sometimes it's best for our hidden gems to fly solo. It makes them feel that much more special. I may be in the minority with this train of thought but yea. lol
Some of my favorite gaming memories are from the early 2000s and playing bully scholarship edition on Xbox 360 which was way better than it was on PS2!!! It was one of the very first games I ever completed and got every single achievement in the game on the Xbox 360!!
@@LikMoney9 that is so not true oh my God- I’ve played them both and I completed 100% getting every achievement in the game on the scholarship edition and the PS2 version is so Janky I can’t even force myself to finish playing it
@@LikMoney9 I also only experienced bugs in the PS two version playing it on my PS4 so maybe that’s why but I’ve never played the actual original PS2 version however I never experienced a single bug at all in the bully scholarship edition for Xbox 360 so I don’t know what you’re going on about there??? The scholarship edition had better graphics, way better control, it didn’t have screen tearing and clipping like the PS2 version did as well as it had additional classes that added extra value immensely to the game! Don’t let your fanboy-ism get in the way of what is true!
11:20 actually sometimes he won’t wake up back in his room. He’ll wake up where he fell asleep in his underwear. This happened to me when I played and I heard some chuckles so it made me think that while jimmy was asleep some of the students stripped him so that way hs could wake up and be humiliated.
I've been binging your videos recently and I'm having a great time! You explain these games in an entertaining way and I'm learning/discovering cool stuff about them. Happy to have subscribed!
One of the best real life jokes for me is from this game. My younger cousin was a middle school drop out and had like 8 middle school drop out friends playing the word search mini game and cussing out the screen because none of them could spell. Someone actually shouted "what the hell are EEEEEguhs (eggs)"
Man these videos deserve so much more views. I've just binged Streets of LA and your GTA series and they're are all fucking great. It doesn't cover the game development history of some retrospectives like Ahoy does but the quality is superb to the point I actually considered this might be a second channel or something till I realised not. I might even disagree with your opinion at time (I loved GTA4's driving physics as an example) but loved the videos. Sub'd and made sure to drop a link on all. Keep safe.
@ashy That is why I made the comments about titling these as retrospectives. Typically they include information like this, and he should start doing this because his structuring and articulation is league above his current channels viewership and would hopefully be constructive comment whilst also expressing my appreciation of his work.
Yeah, I was known as the violent kid in school. Reason was simple. I beat up those who bullied me, but didn't bully back. Later on though I which is something I still do to defend myself today, I learned to psych people out, avoiding it getting violent and focus on using my worlds to do the fighting for me. This however is only for defense of myself and others I see going through the same. Having seen and felt what that kind of shit does to a person, I'm not going to put others through the same nightmare as I was
I really enjoyed this video! It’s very well edited and I love long form RUclips videos, especially when they talk about niche things I enjoy. I hope to see more from you and I hope this review continues to receive more views and love!
Another great video. But Galloway is the English teacher, not math. Love the Punch Out music during Chapter 2. And it was Pinky you met at the movie theater, not Mandy. You ended with the same haircut I usually end the game with.
1:01:08 That's so cool! I bet ANY one who was bullied or being bullied when playing this game. Felt SO good when the headmaster tells you to take care the bully asshole in front of him.
57:32 That wasn't Edgar tho, that was Gurney, one of the townies. That mission had a whole cut segment where you chased Gurney througout Bullworth and beat his ass for burning the gym. But tbh it would've been much better if it was Edgar, giving him more of a role instead of just appearing in the last two missions.
This is definitely one of the best games, i personally have EVER played. It’s a shame that it never got a sequel or at least a remake or anything else.
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just discovered ur channel... nostalgia factor 1000.realy in depth ... maybe a little to much but i love. from mgs to bully to san andreas..just found ur channel and love it but hoping theres a max payne video to watch next keep it up either way
I always liked Jimmy’s character. A shithead kid with a solid moral compass and smart as a whip. Oh yea and anime protagonist level of fighting skills lol.
Kiryu-sama would be proud of his fighting powers
@@mdragarg which aren’t that hard to find, especially if you own the scholarship edition vs. the original PS2 version. The geography class rewards allows the item pickups to show up on the map in game
@@darknid158 god trying to find all the rubber bands in the OG version was a nightmare compared to SE
Agreed.
@@BubbyBold that one rubber band inside the asylum lol
I always liked how in the end when you save the headmaster. It's like a sign of mutual respect. Proof that they don't hate each other. They just see the world differently.
Jimmy died and that's what he wanted to happen
@@everythingponyoh shut up dude
@@everythingponyproof?
@@everythingponythat’s just a popular fan-theory, not what actually happened
@@everythingpony lol he might sound like trying to pick a fight, but he genuinely feels like he is just there to actually help Jimmy grow
One of the implications about the homeless guy is that he was in Korea together with Mr Hatrick and Hatrick was a sniper who killed several of his own men. The homeless guy tried to expose Hatrick but it went against him and that’s why he went crazy.
This is fan fiction, plain and simple lmao.
@@TheCheezFace it’s not, one of the kids you can meet in the game, Pedro, tells you that Hatrick served in Korea coincidentally in the same place where the Hobo’s platoon was shot down by friendly fire.
@@MadDragonify that's interesting. I always thought that hobo's squad ended up with some knowledge of some alien technology during their tour of duty and that's why they were shot down. That's what hobo recreates when you get him all the transistors
Based Hatrick?
Hatrick doesn't come off as militant and the bum would have told Jimmy about it. Y'all looking too deep into it.
I wish Rockstar would make smaller niche titles like Bully more often, because playing this felt special, like entering a John Hughes movie. Their recent games have been very impressive, but they make them on such a grand scale that it appears to consume all their attention for years at a time.
That’ll be too much like doing right, hell, being an older guy, I wish there was more niche games in general like the older days of the 90s to early 00s.
It felt a lot more like a Catcher in The Rye kinda thing to me than John Hughes. You could see Hughes influence but it was pure Salinger to me with the private school intracacies and so on.
Nah bros it’s more like revenge of the nerds or something. John Hughes is more realistic.
The hobos moves + gym class moves are op af. You'll straight up be able to beat up adults with em. Trust me, I've got way too much time in this game.
One of my favourite challenges were trying to defeat Russell after only beginning the game.
The hobo knew too much the last move can bring down everyone Even if they have protection for that kind of attack.
@@GTAVictor9128id always antagonize him until he chased me towards prefects and they tried to fight him
@@TheRealRusDaddy
If you interrupt him when he's spray-tagging, he actually wields the pray can as a weapon which is far less deadly than his usual melee. That's the easiest way I found of beating him at the beginning of the game.
Tbh, Jimmy kinda shrugging off Gary claiming he was sexually confused seems like it makes a lot of sense! Since he can kiss certain male characters.
One in every clique plus the girls, Jimmy sure gets around lol
Gary is jealous of his Rizz
Jimmy is giga chad before it even existed I heard he grew up to be duke nukem
Like I said before its kind of like postal he's only as bi and gay as you are
Who?
The clique harassment of other cliques is so consistent that if preps see Pinky in a cheerleader uniform, they'll insult her. Which either means they disapprove of her being a cheerleader or cheerleaders are automatically considered jock clique... its the latter but I like to imagine the former as head-canon lore.
It's actually the former. Preppies disapprove of the Jock outfit she wears, despite her 100% respect with the Preppy faction. Jimmy works the same way.
@@KopperNeoman I just figured it was a programming issue with the cheerleader model lol. But I had attributed lore to it. I guess it could be intentional after all.
I heard Dr. Crabblesnitch was actually going to originally be the main antagonist, but then Rockstar changed it to Gary Smith later on in the game's development.
I’ve DEFINITELY heard that too somewhere. Either SWEGTA or NathanNS
@@jk-474 Two of my favorite channels. they both got me to replay Bully about once a year because of their content, usually in the summer or around Halloween.
@@TV-Tony There’s just a feeling with this one that’s hard to resist and each time you replay it, it still feels fresh! I’ve played the story from start to finish in elementary school, middle school I don’t recall, high school again I believe and then once again in 2021 with the pandemic. So seeing the story again even at different ages especially during and after that time where I would be Jimmy’s age and in school, my relatability and takes on it would change each time. In 2021, it was looking BACK at high school for the first time while playing that really blew my mind and made me yearn for my past again unlike the other times I played it 🤯
@@TV-Tony There’s just a feeling with this one that’s hard to resist and each time you replay it, it still feels fresh! I’ve played the story from start to finish in elementary school, middle school I don’t recall, high school again I believe and then once again in 2021 with the pandemic. So seeing the story again even at different ages especially during and after that time where I would be Jimmy’s age and in school, my relatability and takes on it would change each time. In 2021, it was looking BACK at high school for the first time while playing that really blew my mind and made me yearn for my past again unlike the other times I played it 🤯
@@jk-474 Nice. Just the story though? I usually 100% the game using Robert Rusk's walkthrough on Gamefaqs and the maps in the Brady guide. Just finished it about a month ago.
If memory serves, you cannot access the town until chapter one is done
There's even a cutscene of the school gates opening at the start of chapter 2
You can cheese your way out before hand but stuffs closed still and you can only get back by being knocked out
I spent so many hours trying to escape in chapter 1 the first time i played
Actually you can spot Gary in the Chapter 3 mission "Wrong Part of Town" he even has a line "I told you he knew where Algie was."
One of my favorites of all time.
My only real complaint is I found it ridiculously easy. But I dug the smaller but more detailed and interactive game world, and loved Jimmy.
Wow I really just watched a video of someone telling me everything that happens in a game I know by heart. Quality narration dawg I watch the entire hour
Same here. I've beaten this game so many times, and even still go back to it once a year or so to this day. There's nothing in this game I don't know about, and here I am watching an hour long video about it lol
Lol same here, I have so many completed save files, we know every part of the map, got all the rubber bands and yet here we are
Fun fact. If you unlock the motor scooter from the carnival early on, it becomes your default bike in every race. Including story mode races.
found this out myself to late. lol
Bully has always been my favorite video game, jimmys such a unique and good character
Rockstar needs to remaster this. Platinuming this in on Ps5 was one of the most enjoyable I've had
I love Bully. I played it so much growing up. I had such a crush on Jimmy hahaha
If Petey would've been the villain oh man it would've gone from a 4.5 star game to a 5 star game with the twist at the end and a big "Don't judge a book by its cover" lesson
So many good childhood memories of this game. One thing i really liked was the music tracks, they were so catchy and I'd find myself listening to them outside of playing the game.
This has SOOOOO much potential as a sequel/franchise. I miss playing this kind of game.
The reputation system in this game specifically is more akin to a progress bar divided into 5 cliques. Also, you can't visit the town during chapter 1
It’s funny how the guy in the video assumed that the principal was going to a bad guy. Because originally Dr. Crabblesnitch was going to be the big bad. The only reference to this scrapped idea is artwork of Jimmy having a stare down with Crabblesnitch.
I remember my dad buying this game for my sister and I on the Wii lmao! I was pretty young so I’d just skateboard around in the skeleton costume and kiss girls
Tragically underrated game. Hands down funniest comedic dialogue of any game ever
One of my favourite parts of the game is honestly Jimmy. Ever since San Andreas, you can see Rockstar has been trying their best to make likable protagonists who still end up on murder sprees, but it was refreshing to have a Rockstar protagonist who is just straight up a good person at heart, if rough around the edges.
Also, I find the Inbetweeners reference with Pete really funny given that early concept art showed him with a briefcase.
I swear I've only been able to play through this game once when I was younger. It would be a trip to play through it again. Awesome video dude once again knocking it out of the park
You just made me read Flowers For Algernon. And by doing that, you made me cry. Well played sir
Iv never heard a person say they didn’t like bully if actually played it
Honestly, given how Rockstar turned GTA V into a microtransaction hellscape and changed the SD era of GTA games into a "Definitive Edition" that looks worse than the original games, it's probably for the best that Rockstar has forgotten about Bully.
I picked this game up at 9 years old going on 10 back in January of 2009. I saw a playthrough of Russell In The Hole while browsing RUclips either in 2007 or 8, heard about the game from a friend during gym class, remembered it and made sure to pick it up ASAP. I had already played San Andreas, Vice City, III, IV the Stories GTA games, so the content was certainly tamer, but the charm and the writing kept me in for the ride. Been a favorite JUST like GTA and the Redemption games ever since, beaten it at least 3-4 times over the years between the PS2 and 360 Scholarship versions. We NEED a sequel AND a remaster for this one 😎💯
I also found bully from one of the RUclips videos on top ten open world games on ps2, ever since then I grinded multiple times on ps2 and Xbox 360.
@@Davidthang45I think my record was 12-14 hours to beat the game beginning to end, believe I did that right around the time I wrote this comment. Playing it again now actually, PS2 version on my launch A01 PS3 that plays PS2 😎👏🏻
My favourite part about this video is the acknowledgements of all the great references. You killed it- kept my ADHD ass entertained talking about a game I've already played. Good shit
In terms of Gary, despite his loud proclamations, I like to think that the factions, with their numbers, thought they could control him. That while he was a master manipulator, he needed them. Just like a lot of other instances, when the solo who simply needs others to give him some power, Gary takes it all. He has the manipulation skills to make each faction think he is the x factor that will allow them to take over. Only the people who know he has no use and is a venomous snake (literaly just Jimmy and Pete) are those who aren't surprised by what he did.
Just some thoughts from someone who didnt play the game but still enjoys it vicariously.
As a kid i was so into the schow recess and always wished they would make a game out of it, it maybe a bit more violent than i expected but its still a pretty good adaptation.
I love how the main character is trying to be nice and good boy and staying out of trouble while still being a gangsta
The music of this game gives me nostalgia like no other. I love the mischievousness of it
This game deserves some sequels.
Say Senior year for Jimmy, with a new kid showing up , like he did , to shake things up.
Maybe a summer vacation , with Jimmy on a trip abroad.
Maybe Jimmy's kid (s) a few decades later.
Bully was an absolute amazing game to play and had the most phenomenal voice acting even modern games can’t match for me. I really hated the ending though. It just felt so lackluster and anticlimactic compared to everything else you go through.
Honestly, I wouldn’t mind a remake of the game one day, just cause I’m curious on what it would look like with updated graphics (and some parts of the writing could be improve kkkk).
You know, now that i think about it it makes sense why jimmy is fighting all the leaders of each clique to prove he's tougher. You make it to a school where everyone tries to fight you and one of your only "friends" turns his back on you because of his fear that you'd pose an actual threat to his plans to take over the school so naturally jimmy feels the need to make it a reality thats why he beats the leaders of each clique and tells them each that they work for him now, and also tells them to stop the rivalry.
I remember the first time I played this game was when I rented it from BlockBluster. Such an awesome game I wish they’d make a sequel or remake it with more flushed out versions of gameplay.
Supppeeerrrr underrated channel. Continue with the awesome work brother, it will pay off ! God bless 🙏 !
this channel needs so manty subs and views. Nobody else does long form retrospectives this good.
I still play this pretty often. So underrated.
i never noticed that Earnest looks like the Woz, now ill never unsee it
If you ever played the warriors on the PS2 the combat is very similar to this game I don’t know which one dropped first but they both were crazy good
I hadn't played bully up until a few years ago, honestly was pretty enjoyable. The entire map had a really interesting feel of nostalgia mixed with a wink of tim burton.
Also you missed that Jimmy can add males to his Harem.
The music in the game is just the best and makes up like half the experience
What a great video!! Loved Bully as a kid, I actually replayed it couple years back as an adult and man does it hold up just like you said! We need Bully 2 come on rockstar!!!
21:47 youre the first person i saw mention Gary’s possible motive aside from him being a sociopath. I noticed he called Jimmy a bully before but never thought this is the reasoning. Him being narcissistic would blind him from seeing Jimmy was just returning what he put out
This game has to be set between 1988 and 1993. The tech/lack of tech shown in the game is indicative of that time. In the 2000s everyone had cell phones and PCs were common in schools and libraries. I don't recall anyone mentioning the Internet or even having a pager or "Brick" cell phone.
The racer arcade game the preps have in their clubhouse was more common in the early 90s, so I think that's when this game is actually set. Though I know Rockstar did claim it was set when it released (2006), there's just no way that holds up to scrutiny.
No the game take place in the time of the reelease, we can see posters in the game and in the site web the metion of 2006.. they just did'nt iclude cell phones and computers because it simply added nothing to the game and wanted to make the game to speak to everyone. there is litteraly nothing who prouves that the game take place in prior to he release (+ there is posters from 2005 in the game)
stop try to inculde your decades everywhere, that is really cringe
@@scp-080 "your decades"? There may be posters in the game referencing the year, I hadn't seen those during the playthrough.
As far as being "cringe", that makes no sense as a statement. All you're doing is using made up online tropes instead of coming up with a coherent argument. You didn't refute my argument, you clearly lack the intelligence to do so. Lack of intelligence and inability to form complex thought is usually why someone cannot argue against a point intelligently.
How "cringe" of you 🤣.
I believe there should have been two endings. The one we received and remember at the start of the game when Gary says he was medicated they should of put him back on the meds and in a cutscene we can see him being all Downey, a sorta bad ending for him
I know its the thing to say "We want Bully 2". But then sometimes I think about what if the sequel woulda sucked? Sometimes it's best for our hidden gems to fly solo. It makes them feel that much more special. I may be in the minority with this train of thought but yea. lol
Some of my favorite gaming memories are from the early 2000s and playing bully scholarship edition on Xbox 360 which was way better than it was on PS2!!!
It was one of the very first games I ever completed and got every single achievement in the game on the Xbox 360!!
nah ps2 version better scholarship edition is so buggy the only thing that’s better is the graphics imo plus they ruined jimmy’s face
@@LikMoney9 that is so not true oh my God-
I’ve played them both and I completed 100% getting every achievement in the game on the scholarship edition and the PS2 version is so Janky I can’t even force myself to finish playing it
@@LikMoney9 I also only experienced bugs in the PS two version playing it on my PS4 so maybe that’s why but I’ve never played the actual original PS2 version however I never experienced a single bug at all in the bully scholarship edition for Xbox 360 so I don’t know what you’re going on about there???
The scholarship edition had better graphics, way better control, it didn’t have screen tearing and clipping like the PS2 version did as well as it had additional classes that added extra value immensely to the game!
Don’t let your fanboy-ism get in the way of what is true!
Dude i always loved the missions in this game all so different
i've been seeing various videos pop up from this channel recently and i have to say good content keep it up
11:20 actually sometimes he won’t wake up back in his room. He’ll wake up where he fell asleep in his underwear.
This happened to me when I played and I heard some chuckles so it made me think that while jimmy was asleep some of the students stripped him so that way hs could wake up and be humiliated.
I loved the little mini game where they had you mowing grass at school as a punishment of misbehaving
I've been binging your videos recently and I'm having a great time! You explain these games in an entertaining way and I'm learning/discovering cool stuff about them. Happy to have subscribed!
If Bully is the 'neglected' son then L.A. Noire is the toddler that drowned years ago and nobody talks about it.
17:54 the mountain bike is literally the best bike in the entire game but go off
These videos are great. Bully is such a great game, and way overdue for a sequel.
Played this game when I was younger never finished it but always loved it, thanks man.
I feel like this is more of a summary with a retrospec/review at the end but good work ne-way
57:32 that's not Edgar, that was Gurney, his attack at the gym was ordered by Edgar.
I would like the sequel to have Petey as the main character. Just him with more confidence and rudimentary fighting skills
Yo that would be cool 😎
Call it nerd instead.
One of the best real life jokes for me is from this game. My younger cousin was a middle school drop out and had like 8 middle school drop out friends playing the word search mini game and cussing out the screen because none of them could spell. Someone actually shouted "what the hell are EEEEEguhs (eggs)"
Man these videos deserve so much more views.
I've just binged Streets of LA and your GTA series and they're are all fucking great. It doesn't cover the game development history of some retrospectives like Ahoy does but the quality is superb to the point I actually considered this might be a second channel or something till I realised not. I might even disagree with your opinion at time (I loved GTA4's driving physics as an example) but loved the videos. Sub'd and made sure to drop a link on all. Keep safe.
@ashy That is why I made the comments about titling these as retrospectives. Typically they include information like this, and he should start doing this because his structuring and articulation is league above his current channels viewership and would hopefully be constructive comment whilst also expressing my appreciation of his work.
One of my favorite games of all time❤
i used to be OBSESSED with this game 😭
why does nobody ever talk about how jimmy is basically shrek
The video game walkthrough commentary is spot on love it man best on RUclips! Appreciate all the hard work; god bless!
Yeah, I was known as the violent kid in school. Reason was simple. I beat up those who bullied me, but didn't bully back. Later on though I which is something I still do to defend myself today, I learned to psych people out, avoiding it getting violent and focus on using my worlds to do the fighting for me. This however is only for defense of myself and others I see going through the same. Having seen and felt what that kind of shit does to a person, I'm not going to put others through the same nightmare as I was
I really enjoyed this video! It’s very well edited and I love long form RUclips videos, especially when they talk about niche things I enjoy. I hope to see more from you and I hope this review continues to receive more views and love!
When i finished this game i was about to cry
Because i was so good that felt too short for me
The ps2 era of games were the best
35:40 that's Pinky, the preppy girl, Mandy is the jock girl
New FuzzySlippers video, great way to end the year!
Wait you only had 200 subs when you put this out. Shit man, really good quality
38:35 MY JAW DROPPED WTF
That DENNIS system reference was super accurate lol
One of my all-time favorite games
Bully is a fucking masterpiece
Your comments on Russel’s attacks😂😭
Another great video. But Galloway is the English teacher, not math. Love the Punch Out music during Chapter 2. And it was Pinky you met at the movie theater, not Mandy. You ended with the same haircut I usually end the game with.
Ok so if bully is rockstars neglected son then what does that make manhunt the black sheep of the family?
its the disowned son. lol
I want a sequel where Jimmy goes to community college just to sell soft drugs and become an entrepreneur.
This game had me rolling with laughter, it was hilarious.
i've played this game a million times. easily one of my favorite games from childhood
1:01:08 That's so cool! I bet ANY one who was bullied or being bullied when playing this game. Felt SO good when the headmaster tells you to take care the bully asshole in front of him.
How did I miss this. I’ll be listening to this on my way to work
This and grimbeard are my favorite channels rn
57:32 That wasn't Edgar tho, that was Gurney, one of the townies. That mission had a whole cut segment where you chased Gurney througout Bullworth and beat his ass for burning the gym.
But tbh it would've been much better if it was Edgar, giving him more of a role instead of just appearing in the last two missions.
Also Edgar technically appears in Balls of Snow, which is funny to think Jimmy is just casually tossing snowballs at the leader of the Townies.
Love the long form and the soft voice narration!
1:02:49 now that would’ve been cool. I love Petey the way he is though and I want him to stay a sweet boy.
Lmaoo naaaa I know so many people overlooked that “DENNIS system” reference 😂😂
Can I just say the outsiders is a fantastic movie and the book was one of the few I actually cared to read in class
They really could have done so much more to this game
Cold asf 🥶 39:13
This is definitely one of the best games, i personally have EVER played. It’s a shame that it never got a sequel or at least a remake or anything else.
The graphics are pretty good.. they hold up well
I remember seeing Gary with some greasers in a cutscene once during the winter part of the game.
And also I remember one naming him by name, it wasn't like a cinematic cutscene but more like one of the oncs where the camera is just fixed somewhere