Well, it's a year and a month later than I originally wanted, but I finally got to cover this game. The nostalgia was real for this game, and I'm glad to see its still mostly enjoyable. But the technical problems: literally I was getting screenshots for the thumbnail a couple hours ago and the audio just broke. Music volume controls decided not to respond anymore and distance falloff for sound effects stopped working. The footsteps of 20 NPCs walking at once was like gunfire. Seriously, R* needs to fix this game.
@nobel11
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for your hard work. I'd say it's easier to get this game running on a PS2 emulator than the actual PC version. But then Midnight Club 2 runs without a hitch on modern machines. I don't understand it.
@FumblsTheSniper
2 жыл бұрын
I’ve not even started watching it and I already offer my sincere thanks. This will be an easy 1.5 hours of life.
@buncer
Жыл бұрын
I really wanna like this comment but bumping it from 69 likes would just be against the juvenile spirit of this game.
@__-be1gk
2 жыл бұрын
This 15 year old single player game with no sequel still has an active subreddit btw
@Logan_93
2 жыл бұрын
Diablo 2 thinks that's cute 😉
@Logan_93
2 жыл бұрын
Jk. It's impressive still. Bully is an awesome game.
@somedudefromTX
2 жыл бұрын
Not surprising. It feels like there's been a huge drop off in memorable single-player titles after the release of Skyrim & GTA V, save for From Software titles
@midnight_purple5461
2 жыл бұрын
@@Logan_93 diablo 2 is multiplayer lol
@wolfandspice
2 жыл бұрын
@@midnight_purple5461 On top of still having an active multiplayer, it's a game that's designed to be replayed and grinded endlessly. Bully has a clear ending with not much incentive to keep playing or replay, since it mostly plays out exactly the same each time, so it's more impressive to still have an active community surrounding it.
@Budehgong
2 жыл бұрын
College Bully has always seemed like the perfect way to continue Jimmy's story. Everything that made that game good could be done bigger and better in that setting.
@Momo-po5tn
2 жыл бұрын
@no info tru
@yeshuamcfly1154
Жыл бұрын
I think it'd be better off as a soft reboot with a different charachter and a bigger world. With Jimmy as a cameo or story centric character. At this point it'd make sense and it wouldn't be a completely different game just more fleshed out and polished.
@bahhumbug5467
Жыл бұрын
@@yeshuamcfly1154 I disagree idk it would feel weird to have bully without Jimmy he’s just a perfect main character idk maybe I’ll be surprised
@keyboardstalker4784
Жыл бұрын
Except in college if you get caught beating people up, they don’t make you mow lawns, you just get an assault charge.
@koilings1856
Жыл бұрын
@@keyboardstalker4784 exactly lol. the whole point of the teen rating was that it was set as a teen in the schoolyard which differentiated it from other games like gta
@sujayshah13
Жыл бұрын
33:50 You can get scooter and go cart near your garrage permanently by buying the scooter in the carnival and winning all go cart races. Go carts are extremely fast, once you get them, you won't use any other vehicle. After you win all the races, they'll be available near the broken bus at school.
@walkman23
Жыл бұрын
bro was struggling with that spelling minigame
@TBSxDRUMS
Жыл бұрын
A Bully 2 wouldn't even have to include Jimmy or any of the characters from the original. Think about what GTA does-each title is unique with its own location and story and characters, but they sometimes refer to events from the previous games or characters from the previous games might show up in later titles (think Johnny Klebitz from GTA IV showing up in GTA V). I think it would be best to let Bully 2 take place a reasonable distance (time and location) away from Bully 1 and introduce a new cast of characters with a few well-placed cameos or references.
@LuckWickedYT
2 жыл бұрын
Your channel is so underrated, oh my god
@agollumcalledgandalf
Жыл бұрын
the best original soundtrack in a R* game no contest and one of my favourite games
@Gidon147
7 ай бұрын
gonna be very honest here. The best thing about Canis Canem Edit was, you could not only relive those iconic childhood moments, but you could actually live all those childhood moment you've missed oun, such as dating girls. Also, I was JUST thinking about stardew valley when you actually mentioned the same connection i was thinking about with the daily routine, so that really helped with subscribing
@privatepenguin8291
2 жыл бұрын
REMEMBER P-SESSIONS IS A LEGEND IN THE MAKING!
@lilhedgehog8576
4 ай бұрын
I introduced my little cousin to bully. He loves it! it is very much playable on the iPad! and on the PlayStation 4. The original Bully though, bully scholarship isn’t available on the PlayStation 4
@nightbirdgames
Жыл бұрын
I've never had a crash in Bully: Scholarship edition. Interesting..
@hawaiianrobot
2 жыл бұрын
dude, it's been great seeing your channel grow over the last 6 months or so. wild considering you said that your channel was at 15 subs in march.
@ehN7
2 жыл бұрын
Hopefully after GTA The Trilogy: The Definitive Edition (wow shitty name) R* will be more open to remasters/remakes. This should be 1st on the list after the GTA trilogy.
@PrivateSessions
2 жыл бұрын
Allegedly they still got 2 more remasters in the works. What bugs me though is that what I played for the video was called a remaster. I'd like them to fix that version first before they ask me to shell over another ~$60 for the same game just because it's completely broken.
@ehN7
2 жыл бұрын
@@PrivateSessions That really is something that they need to do. I had no idea that the PC version was broken like that and I completely agree that they need to go back and fix the old versions of their games, especially if you can’t even play them without an unofficial patch. Bethesda seems to have gotten the message as I’m sure you heard about them finally fixing Fallout 3 on steam, so maybe there’s hope for R*. But then again knowing that they opted to completely remove the old versions of 3, VC, SA, I doubt they’d have a change of heart for Bully.
@TheDevilsSecond
2 жыл бұрын
I really love your videos man keep em coming
@venge777
2 жыл бұрын
Do you know who Yahweh is?
@TheDevilsSecond
2 жыл бұрын
@@venge777 lmao what
@venge777
2 жыл бұрын
@@TheDevilsSecond Do you even know your own name?
@seibetsu
5 ай бұрын
Ha! This is crazy, I've wanted to make a video pretty damn similar to this. You're amazing, dude!! Underrated.
@gibby3767
2 жыл бұрын
Hes like salt factory but his taste in games is better, youre gonne get big in the retrospective game your videos are so good
@Glitter_H_Hoof
2 жыл бұрын
I think ludonarrative dissonance only matters in linear story-driven games, rather than sandboxes where the point is that the player can do whatever they want.
@Someguyonline7732
2 жыл бұрын
The shop mini game thumbstick was broken on ps2/4 as well
@Momo-po5tn
2 жыл бұрын
Only thing that really bothers me is Gary and Pete literally dissapear for majority of the game!
@Itssantiagodiaz
4 ай бұрын
Just replayed it and haven't played it since 7th grade now. I wish they didn't squeeze the story missions so much. The plotholes as an adult made it hard to finish. But still an amazing story and game play. Top 5 forsure.
@justin9181
3 ай бұрын
Hey I hope you’re working on your issues because I had the same ones I’m praying for you brother !! Your not alone
@AntiSocialismo50
Жыл бұрын
I rather prefer these minigames missions than those only collectables from most modern triple a
@ariaxrose1
2 жыл бұрын
Please do more bully videos it’s so nostalgic for me 😢
@foilbaby6759
Жыл бұрын
Sounds more a pc problem than an actual game problem
@harold3141
Жыл бұрын
i had no clue jimmy was swinging both ways
@warlord1873
Жыл бұрын
I only just played it it was last rockstar game i needed to try, the rest i played to death on there original releases, im waiting for midnight club V, manhunt 3 and bully 2 while everyone waits for gta 6.....dont worry il wait
@assbread5950
2 жыл бұрын
this game is incredible.
@primevaltimes
2 жыл бұрын
None of this praise applies to the PC version, of course. That port is the most broken piece of software I’ve ever seen.
@nrrork
Жыл бұрын
I would like Bully 2 to: Take place over the sophomore, junior, and senior year, and includes summer vacation segments. A summer camp where you can work a summer job. Maybe have fun parodying some of those old slasher flicks. You can also take Drivers Ed at the end of your first summer and buy your first car. Now, you get _A_ car. This isn't GTA where you just get into any old car and drive. You get a beat up used midsize sedan like I remember everyone's first car being like in high school. But it's YOURS. I want to emulate the real feeling of having your first car. I want players to bond with their car like they do their horse in RDR2. And something highly customizable, like able to put on a bunch of the stupid stuff we put on our cars as young people. The map should have the school, Bullworth town, then a small rural farm area, a heavily forested area, and a medium-sized city. Maybe like the size of Saint Denis, but some east coast city. The map would be significantly bigger than the first game, but it doesn't need to be nearly as big as GTAV or RDR2's maps.
@roachdoggjr3458
Жыл бұрын
Something i was delighted to discover when i switched from windows to linux was that on linix, both bully and gta 4 work flawlessly and i dont have any if the same problems, even steam input doesnt give me any issues. I know linux isnt for everyone but so many bad pc ports and old games work so much better. The audio issues are jarring though lol
@MistahJay7
3 ай бұрын
It's the same combat system and engine from The Warriors basically
@rtvtictaczac727
Жыл бұрын
Good video however there is 1 thing I don't agree with but everyone has their own opinion personally the one I disagree with is Rockstars mission design now I'm a bit rusty I haven't played bully quite literally in years maybe even a decade but I have played GTA V recently so I'm gonna base my point off of GTA V see I think Rockstars mission design gets pretty diverse like in GTA V you can go from a mission where your racing 3 fast cars down the LS freeway to the exact next mission following a guy in a helicopter to steal an extremely rare car for the same mission giver both of which having u start as Franklin then switching to either Trevor or Michael then switching back to Franklin to complete the task at hand as well as having 5 different heists with all but 1 having 2 extremely different ways to complete the heists you have 1 heist where you escape using military hardware and a minigun then robbing the biggest gold reserve in the world and escaping using highly souped up muscle cars and disappearing in 2 semi trucks in a tunnel sure the older rockstar games have missions that are go here.kill guy done but They still had plenty variations in mission design
@John-996
9 ай бұрын
I agree i find it odd when people say mission design is repepetive when the likes of Bully have much more mission vaierty then Many games same with RDR2 and GTA5.
@karpai5427
8 ай бұрын
1:02:33 😭 Love it
@thebattrells8515
2 жыл бұрын
Not trying to be a jerk but you know your possessive noun situation is weird right? Or should I say "yours's"
@SaintJames14
9 ай бұрын
In the sequel, Jimmy is your dad
@Yoummzz
Жыл бұрын
Anyone realised that Russell the bully had a Tattoo on his upper right arm. Also, if Bullworth is a school for naughty kids then how did the nerds get in?
@jasonrandom372
Жыл бұрын
All Bully clicks Richest to poorest Rich Clicks: Preppies Jocks Middle Class Clicks: Bullies Nonclicks Nerds Poor Clicks: Greasers Townies We obviously know that the Jocks are not as rich as the Preppies but they are definitely richer than most clicks on the list. The Greasers are so broke they live in low maintenance apartment buildings. The Townies are even more broke than the Greasers. The Townies are so broke that they like in Trailers and Shacks next to the junkyard. Half of the Townies were so broke that they never had a chance to attend Bullworth Academy.
@Blackda222
Жыл бұрын
You started off gta1. Ahahahah. Badass man. Ahahahha. My first games I can recall pokemon red. SuperMario brothers for gbc ummmm def no gta tho ahahahha I started with 3. But respect lol. And ur not a phyco sooooo the media lied to us 🤣🤣 jk. Be safe home all is well
@cameronmaugh4223
2 жыл бұрын
Good vid, but building a houses exterior first isn't a valid option.
@powerstone05
2 жыл бұрын
This honestly came across less like a proper retrospective and more like an excuse to grind axes and prop personal opinions as non-subjective truth. Not impressed.
@nikoslav
2 жыл бұрын
I'm 100% sure modern soystar would ruin bully sequel if it ever happens
@IHateDubstep
2 жыл бұрын
Great video, but why the Fable soundtrack?
@Logan_93
2 жыл бұрын
Hey PS. I listen to your videos to fall asleep. Often can't get to sleep though because they're too informative and entertaining. Wondering if you might do one for Fable and/or Fable 2
@PrivateSessions
2 жыл бұрын
Absolutely. Planning Fable 1 sometime next spring assuming all goes well. Fable 2 I'm still hoping for a PC port but failing that I need a capture card, but I really want to replay Fable 2 it's been years and I remember actually enjoying it quite a bit.
@ericfisherman8536
2 жыл бұрын
Lol
@asturias0267
2 жыл бұрын
I do the same and end up staying awake listening, lol.
@BIGwillTHEGAME
Жыл бұрын
i was sleep too. in fact, after i woke up, I restarted the video just to listen to it in my sleep. I dreamed about watching Spider-Man PC review.
@shutzemuller9332
Жыл бұрын
“Sold by the school and bare the name and the logo yet enough your still told you violate dress code “ oh you sweet summer child, that IS how uniform schools are like
@tubbziewubbzie5302
2 жыл бұрын
I always imagined in bully 2 jimmy would have to be their first repeat protagonist. Or atleast if it was a different school and setting Jimmy is a merchant, someone you do missions for, or your version of the hobo. Starts with a kid getting bullied you run because you don't know what to do and you trip and fall at the feet of older Jimmy who scares the kids off, and becomes your hobo. Teaching you how to fight. Etc.
@davidkonevky7372
7 ай бұрын
So much of bully revolves around jimmy that it's almost hard to imagine him OUT of the franchise
@josephsalah647
3 ай бұрын
This is such a BAD idea. No wonder rockstar doesn't listen to suggestions or what the audiences want - it's because you guys keep making really disconnected suggestions that revolve around fan service ideas. Please stop bro 😂
@bennstuart5913
2 жыл бұрын
I think the college idea is the way forward, it makes sense story wise and adds a completely new map. Also you could use different courses at college for a mini RPG system; business courses makes you more money, arts and drama adds conversation trees. Its also adds a lot more to the outside world as you're an older character but keeps the school gameplay mechanic. Great video mate 👍
@hundkebab2433
Жыл бұрын
the whole point of bully are teenagers living the school life the college bs you describe will just turn it into another gta game with the sole difference of starting at a college dorm instead of some backstreet house
@randyortonsbulge
10 ай бұрын
I wouldn’t mind a senior year game as well
@davidkonevky7372
7 ай бұрын
Also you can make safe zones be actual houses that you can own instead of just entire buildings being gifted to you by a clique
@josephsalah647
3 ай бұрын
@@davidkonevky7372 That's just another GTA game. Please, shut the hell up. Your suggestions are SO BAD bro. 😂
@josephsalah647
3 ай бұрын
You GOTTA shut up bro.
@Strangest_Letter
2 жыл бұрын
Good retrospective. Didn't agree with everything but i'm always happy to see more people talk about Bully.
@lordfarquad444
Жыл бұрын
32:34 you can Ollie up the stairs if timed right.
@AmySay
Жыл бұрын
16:28 “… for kissing girls, or the one gay bully…” I DON’T WANNA BE *THAT* GUY BC YOUR VIDEO IS REALLY GOOD, but there are actually six guys that Jimmy is able to kiss for the health bonus! Really, I’m surprised this option got into the game… at all. It was 1) 2006 and 2) absolutely not trying to be super progressive. This game has a looooooot of… questionable content in it. And it indulged in period-appropriate homophobia from time to time, as did most media from the mid to late 2000’s. But the fact that you are able to kiss five different male students, as a male student yourself, and it gives you the exact same health benefits as it does kissing the girls and NOT any punishment? I dunno, it’s pretty damn cool that this was in a game that’s over 15 years old and absolutely not targeting a queer audience. One day I’ll have more developed thoughts about it.
@laurorrichie7788
Жыл бұрын
Fun fact: Trent the bully isn’t the only gay student. There’s actually a boy you can kiss in each clique in school, as well as one of the guy townies. You can gift them flowers and make out for a health boost just like you can with the girl characters. Bully was honestly way ahead of its time lol
@lastmanstanding7155
Жыл бұрын
I did get bullied a lot. But I was, I guess, the rare fighter type of victim. I fought a lot and never took my abuse at all. If not right in the moment I'd give it back weeks or months later. And I did my best to defend others from experiencing the same pains as me. Being the person that I wish existed when I was getting beat down in the beginning. So as a teen when I actually played the game I didn't actually think too much about it. I guess I realized Jimmy's methods were like a more fantasized version of what I was doing. Not to say I was some hero bringing peace to my school but I mean Jimmy said a line that was almost exactly like what I told a kid after helping him out and defending him. Jimmy said something like "I only bully people that deserve it." The line I told the kid was "I bully bullies." And yea the opening chapter where you are literally fighting the bully faction just made me think of that. Anyway, I don't think the game really makes a stand on bullying. I mean there's not much of a stand to make to be honest. It's like if someone decided to make a stand against indiscriminate murder. Yea. Everyone knows it's bad. But Bully presents it as it is. Maybe a little bit of fantasy but honestly the feeling that the adults around you don't have a grip on the students and that some are even just flat out hostile towards you for no reason is just how it is. As a victim you're on you're on your own. Jimmy has the gumption to just deal with his problems head on. Petey, in contrast, is exactly the realistic portrayal of the type of kid that environment would target in our world. It's sad but just how it is. If there was a thing to take away it's that the game supports defending yourself and defending others.
@evanpeaden46
2 жыл бұрын
LOVED this game man. You keep picking all of my all time favorites to do retrospectives on. Do you have any plans for red dead redemption or some of the older gta games like vice city?
@pucktoad
2 жыл бұрын
Consensual sex scene bad (gtasa), date rape implication good.
@dopefeesh
2 жыл бұрын
Love long form videos like these, always good to see people talking about my childhood favourites. Cant wait to see what you do next
@DaveFu
2 жыл бұрын
Another PS2 Rockstar Classic that deserves a deep dive is The Warriors. You do GREAT work. I also appreciate the distinct lack of constant "opinion disclaimers."
@OuterHeaven210
2 жыл бұрын
I wanted to buy this for PS2 it's pricey af now
@somedudefromTX
2 жыл бұрын
Excellent analysis. Your criticisms of the game's flaws were spot on and I firmly understood what you appreciated about the game. Having recently completed my first playthrough, your thoughts echoed many of my own while giving me others to ponder from a different perspective. Also, your pacing, script writing and narration are great and if this video is indicative of the quality of your other output, you deserve a much larger audience for your work.
2 жыл бұрын
I was bullied at school, but was an adult already when Bully came out. I did enjoy the game a lot and yeah, it felt good to be able to do something about the bullying as Jimmy.
@nobel11
2 жыл бұрын
This was the only Rockstar game I 100%ed apart from San Andreas. I'd love a sequel, too, but doubt it. Dan Houser was a champion of this game, and he doesn't even work at Rockstar anymore. Sadly, it seems that the company that made this game doesn't really exist anymore, at least not as it was back then. This game was a bizarre risk taken by a company flush with money and confidence. I'm glad it was made, but honestly don't really feel it needs a sequel. We always want more of what we like, but I think a lot of times when we do get sequels or remakes or whatever, they almost never live up to our expectations. But who knows, maybe if this GTA Trilogy Remaster is successful, Bully might get the same treatment. I'd be all for that.
@xXvironXx
2 жыл бұрын
Great vid, I've got some nostalgia for Bully as well, crazy to think how old the game actually is lol I remember somewhat enjoying the minigames, yet I forgot about most of them, 'cept for "consumo" which I hated so damn much that I ended up letting a buddy of mine nab a high score for the nerds... game had its flaws for sure, but there's something magical about just skateboarding around town with the walking theme playing.
@annabritt4585
Жыл бұрын
What made me try the game was the classes. I just love this game, it's one of the few I've actually finished and finished 100%
@alexbenavidez4500
Жыл бұрын
Just a point about the romancing in the game, it's not just the one gay bully kid, there is one gay kid in every clique in fact, and all are options as a boyfriend in the game. Listen, I made Jimmy the biggest fcking manwhre in whole school, there were are far more romanceable options than you first realise and some of them are available before you even fully get their cliques respect, you just have to keep pressing a friendly interact with them That's also how you find many of the same-sex romance options because they don't show up straight away, you have to raise your affinity with them first I only even discovered that Jimmy could have a boyfriend by complete accident by spamming the friendly interaction on some prep boy outside of a shop, and I remember it so well because it was when I was playing this game on my brother's save file and when he went to make out with Lola a bit later on, the prep guy saw him cheating on him and started beating his ass and my brother was so damn confused If you think the cat-fights jimmy's girlfriends can have with each other is entertaining, wait til a bully and a jock are literally brawling over you whilst that one hot ginger nerd girl runs over and slaps you in the face Oh my God, the memories.
@jjlortez
2 жыл бұрын
Played the first time vanilla, then did a 99.71% with the stability mods, 60fps and graphics upgrade
@tenpirpa4503
2 жыл бұрын
I don’t even watch reviews/retrospectives which are less than 1 hour. You never disappoint, keep ‘em coming
@heynongman2367
2 жыл бұрын
Missed this game so much and didn't realise it... Time to find the ps2 again I think😁👍👍
@mashedpotatos3750
Жыл бұрын
Now patrician needs to come along and do an 8 hour video on bully 😂
@joharakiri
Жыл бұрын
I think throughout this video there are a couple of points you make where it seems like you don't take the fact into full account that Bully was a product of its time. The game running at 30 fps for example. It's 16 years old... Also you said classes are to trivial to be enjoyable but you liked detention for actually feeling like a chore. I'd argue both those mechanics serve the same purpose. They make the game all the more enjoyable when you don't have to do them. There are also a few minor mistakes which lead me to believe you haven't explored the game to the fullest (which is obviously fair but maybe not the best starting point for an attempt at a whole retrospective). For example there are six kissable boys in the game, not just one. And after completing the kart races you do get one next to your garrage at the school so it's not just tied to missions. So all in all I know these retrospectives can never be totally objective and that's not what they're there for. I just feel like some points here weren't 100% fair.
@magmaslug9305
Жыл бұрын
26:58 Boxing with the preppies does increase your melee damage, at least that's what it says it does. So I would assume it also adds to melee weapon damage?
@moonielivee4836
10 күн бұрын
Oh you bet it does, that make lethal with a bat
@gibby3767
2 жыл бұрын
Even though san andreas is a close second, bully is my favorite rockstar game and i played it alot growing up, your videos are great to listen to, similar to an audiobook keep up the good work
@CorvoFG
2 жыл бұрын
Unusual choice! Not played this in years. I’ll save this for my flight tomorrow.
@dorkbrandon4422
2 жыл бұрын
Christ Almighty I sat through 40 minutes and then all of a sudden thought this dude has done nothing but Moan and whine about this game I could have been on the hub instead and appreciated different kind of moans
@denzelwright8475
2 жыл бұрын
Ya know, "Russell" is a name you don't often hear in video games, and since I share that name IRL its incredible awkward to hear you say it when I'm not paying attention.
@imalittletoxicjustalittle
2 жыл бұрын
geeeeeeeeeeez over an hour about one of my favourite games, lets gooo!
@stev6963
Жыл бұрын
Fun fact there’s more than one kissable male student. You can kiss 1 boy from each clique: Trent (bullies), Gord (preppies), Cornelius (nerds), Vance (greasers), Kirby (jocks), and Duncan (townies). You have to have 50% social standing with the clique before you can kiss them and you gotta give up some flowers regardless of what you unlock in English class.
@missioncomplete420
2 жыл бұрын
Watching this 10 months later but amazing video dude. You bring up amazing points. Especially making an analogy about how game development is pretty much art and subjective
@Kardiuss
Жыл бұрын
1:02:17 In that mission, instead of having to race around the nerd to beat him putting a new poster up. You could have just beat-up the nerd in order to incapacitate him. Therefor in my opinion it not a "lame" mission. 😉
@arklife99
Жыл бұрын
Would not be able to be released in this snowflake era imagine actual life things happening like picking on someone for how they look 🤣🤣
@TrenixYT
2 жыл бұрын
Really random but from 51:02 - 51:26 the music you used in the background, is this from another game? It sounds really familiar. Fantastic video btw!
@Jeff_denHartog
2 жыл бұрын
It's the Halloween theme from Bully itself..
@xanaxisgod6489
Жыл бұрын
yeah i never thought when i bought this game on sale for 5 bucks how much it wld stick w me 4 th rest of my life
@Noblesix84
2 жыл бұрын
Once you go to classes enough you don't have to go back. God I wish I could do that in highschool.
@StarsAndSticks
2 жыл бұрын
Great job again man, keep up the good work. I usually never watch retrospectives for games I haven't played but you are the exception.
@JuiceBoxPlays
2 жыл бұрын
Wow!! You just earned a new Sub. I can tell you put a ton of work into your videos. Thank you for this Video.
@inybisinsulate
2 жыл бұрын
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@sven_bender
Жыл бұрын
Been enjoying your Skyrim analysis, stoked to see this pop up in my feed. One of my favourite games ever, so many good memories from Bullworth.
@Oecobius33
Жыл бұрын
This is a really informative & good video. But it's so weird how this guy keeps saying "Bully'ses, "Rockstar'ses," etc. I don't mean to rag on the guy, but it's such a strange way to mispronounce things.
@scurgle
2 жыл бұрын
I always wanted to play this game when I was younger and saw the trailers for it on TV, but couldn't because it was ~violent~. Your retrospective was insightful and interesting. And now I have to play it C: Thanks!!
@DanielDiaconu1983
2 жыл бұрын
Cheers mate, never played this game but I loved your vid.
@TV-Tony
Жыл бұрын
I remember seeing Gary in Chapter 3 too. Maybe it was a side mission though. Just checked, it's in the mission Wrong Part of Town. So Gary isn't absent from Chapter 3. He shows up in that mission. And no, they don't unlock in Chapter 6, the latest any missions unlock is Chapter 5, even in Scholarship Edition. Well, the game does have the player bully people. But, only if you do most of the errands. So it's by choice.
@AngeVNs
4 ай бұрын
While I'm still hesitant if I want to get this game, I really liked this video. Subscribed.
@ggwp638BC
9 ай бұрын
About the Ludo narrative dissonance, I think this argument really only applies when the LND is built into the game, and it's not optional. Sure, it's good when the game sees all you do and reacts to it, but it's also fun to sometimes just get a sandbox to play in free of consequences. The problem, to me, only arises when the game's story and obligatory segments have a particular message while also making me either betray that message so they can shove it down my throat or have the character betray their presentation. For example, the game that sparked a lot of discussion about it, Last of Us Part 2, suffers a lot being a story about revenge where you kill everyone in sight, with no alternative options, only to spare the one person you actually wanted to kill. Another example, from a really good game, in Baldur's Gate 3 the game makes it very clear that there is a cost to using tadpole powers, and evolving those abilities literally shows the tadpole eating out your brain and burying itself into it. But in gameplay there are no actual drawbacks to using or upgrading those powers aside from 2 choices, one in part 3 and one at the very end, with a negligible drawback and one with big implications, respectively (not that it ruins the game, it was probably cut content, but it's very much there). There is also another type of dissonance, which is mostly due to urgency, which basically every RPG has it, where you have this devastating, life-threatening/world ending issue, that must be solved ASAP, but they player will also travel the world doing sidequests. This is a minor issue and depends a lot on the plot, God of War 2018 and Morrowind manage to avoid this issue by not having time sensitive plot-lines, but when it does arise I don't think it's an immersion breaking experience.
@lilhedgehog8576
4 ай бұрын
30:41 😂😂 I used to taunt the prefects into running after me so I could get them close to the lockers and the toilets and well you know what would happen then! Messing with the prefects is one of my favorite things to do in Bully! I love making them mad and have them chase after me! I’ve gotten so good I barely get caught anymore! It’s like my own little challenge I invented! Get in the red meter and run away from all the prefects without hiding to add more challenge. Though I can hide if I want to.
@lilhedgehog8576
4 ай бұрын
If we don’t get a sequel I might be a little sad but all I really want is for people to keep talking about bully I want to know one of my favorite games won’t be forgotten for a very long time. I would love a remake with better graphics and mechanics.
@lilhedgehog8576
4 ай бұрын
Bully scholarship edition plays ok on the iPad . Also, the AI climbed for me once, but it wasn’t a ladder or anything. He just climbed on top of a dumpster.
@Ootazfromda03
17 сағат бұрын
I have the Billy game on my PS5, n it runs smoothly. It hardly bugs out sometimes. Which is good
@BrandonBRich
Жыл бұрын
I play this on Xbox One (360 version) and have never had it crash or lag once. Guess PC isn’t everything
@lilhedgehog8576
4 ай бұрын
31:49 I sure did earn it! God I loooooove messing with the prefects it’s so much fun!
@terencemcfadden7466
7 күн бұрын
I do hope if there’s a bully 2 we get a new protagonist in a new town and Jimmy is still in the story but as an adult in the story.
@John-996
9 ай бұрын
I disagree with Your Thoughts on Rockstar mission structure In RDR2 there are actually allot main missions that have lots of freedom but some that are on rails so its inconistant at times. But Rockstar Are great at making missions with lots of freedom Manhunt, GTA4 and The Warriers have alot Freedom in them. Also games like Bully and RDR2 have great NPC interaction in RDR2 you can talk your way out trouble with a witness or law man or intimidate a witness using the dilague even being able to ask an NPC for a lift into town or simply being to just say Hi to an NPC. RDR2 compared to games like Witcher 3 or Ghost of Tushimia alows the player to actually interact with the world in non violent ways.
@miguelpadilla5899
11 ай бұрын
I am glad that you mentioned ludonarrative dissonance. It's something that, whenever I hear it being brought up, I can't help but just roll my eyes and stop watching or reading any review or comment. It's something that can't really be addressed in any meaningful way. I'll take Bully as an example. I assure you, if the game didn't feature those bully mechanics, there would be people who would argue that the game has ludonarrative dissonance, because during story Jimmy beats up people and all that kind of stuff, but during normal gameplay, you are forced to behave like an angel. There are others that argue that there's ludonarrative dissonance because during story Jimmy behaves like a defender, but you can do whatever you want outside of those story missions. There... Really is no answer to that problem. Do you make a game that adheres to your narrative, but ends up creating a game that is less fun because of that, or do give players freedom to do what they want to do during normal gameplay, therefore making it more fun? And, sure, one might argue that there are games like Fallout New Vegas where you can interpret your character whichever way you want, but I feel that it only works there because your character is a completely blank slate and you have no relationships or a story that ties you into any faction, unlike Bully where Jimmy behaves one way during the story, but can behave differently during normal gameplay. But, there's also the argument that blank slate characters are boring and don't allow the players the immerse into the world... There's no easy way out of this.
@afivey
Жыл бұрын
17:11 Everyone who has played B:SE on the PC will know whatever code handled analog input on the shop class got no playtesting whatsoever. It's busted, and it's obviously busted. Whenever I see any footage of that bike getting the pedals turned and any desire to replay bully vanishes.
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