Bully: Scholarship Edition

Bully: Scholarship Edition (2008)

by Rockstar New England, Rockstar Toronto, Rockstar Vancouver, Rockstar Games, Take-Two Interactive
Genres:Adventure, Sport
Themes:Open world, Action, Comedy, Sandbox
Game modes:Single player
Story:Bully tells the story of mischievous 15-year-old Jimmy Hopkins as he goes through the hilarity and awkwardness of adolescence. Beat the jocks at dodge ball, play pranks on the preppies, save the nerds, kiss the girl and navigate the social hierarchy in the worst school around.
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user avatar@BLACKDOT.user avatar@BLACKDOT.
January 29, 2025
The bell rings at Bullworth Academy, and nearly two decades later, its echo still resonates in my gaming memories. But like Jimmy Hopkins's relationship with the school administration, Bully's current state is... complicated. The official PC version is a mess of crashes, resolution issues, and audio bugs that make you wonder if Russell's been tampering with the game files. Their own tech support suggest players to install fan-made patches, rather than the company fixing the game themselves. What made Bully unforgettable wasn't just its setting or story – it was how it balanced on the edge between satire and sincerity. The game captured the essence of school life: the cliques, the petty dramas, the small victories that felt like conquering the world. Bully deserves a proper place on GOG. Unlike the current Steam version, GOG's commitment to preserving games in their best playable state could give Bully the care it deserves. A DRM-free version, properly patched and optimized for modern systems, would ensure that future generations can experience this classic without wrestling with technical issues or relying on community fixes. The current state of Bully is a testament to both the passion of its community and the unfortunate neglect of its creators. While Rockstar focuses on their bigger franchises, Bully sits in a strange limbo – too beloved to be forgotten, too neglected to be properly playable without community intervention.
user avatar@gmunie89user avatar@gmunie89
February 24, 2025
I know it hasn't been delisted or hard to find, heck I can even get it on my phone, but man do I wish Rockstar hadn't pushed this game to the side. Having a fun alternative for GTA with smaller scale and more comedic aspects was so fun. Even half of the classroom minigames were fun, though there are a few I despise even to this day. Man I wish this game had a sequel.
user avatar@Luka020user avatar@Luka020
February 07, 2025
An unbelievably atmospheric game, just walking around the academy is a joy in itself, let alone the immersive story and the very well-written, relatable character a player can really connect to
user avatar@djordjouser avatar@djordjo
April 18, 2025
If it gets a release on gog i want it to be part of the old games program where it is patched, to run on newer computers. I stopped playing it because of that reason, after snow chapter. The game litterly jumpscared me before crashing, the audio suddenly got too loud, black screen and then boom it crashed.
Why Bully: Scholarship Edition with Fixed PC Mods Should Be on GOG and Why It’s One of Rockstar’s Best Games Ever Bully: Scholarship Edition is a standout gem in Rockstar’s legendary game library. While the company is best known for Grand Theft Auto, Red Dead Redemption, and Max Payne, Bully takes a bold, unique direction—one that trades gangs and crime syndicates for cliques and schoolyard politics, without losing Rockstar’s signature storytelling and satire. Set in the fictional Bullworth Academy, players step into the shoes of Jimmy Hopkins, a rebellious teenager trying to survive the social hierarchy of a corrupt boarding school. The game blends open-world exploration, clever humor, and a surprisingly deep storyline filled with sharp commentary on adolescence, authority, and rebellion. Its structure mirrors GTA, but the stakes are smaller and more relatable—detentions instead of shootouts, pranks instead of heists—which makes Bully all the more charming and innovative. However, the PC version of Scholarship Edition has long suffered from technical issues, including stuttering, resolution problems, and poor optimization. Thanks to the modding community, these issues can now be fixed with unofficial patches that dramatically enhance performance, making it the definitive way to experience the game. GOG, with its commitment to DRM-free preservation and fixed, playable classics, is the perfect home for Bully. Including mod support or curated fixes would restore and elevate Scholarship Edition to what it should have been all along: one of Rockstar’s most original and beloved creations, now accessible and fully functional for modern audiences.
I don't know. It seems like it could be an easy port to the GOG team. Just use the Retail build, patched it up with official patches and unofficial fixes like CookieMonsterPL/Silent and it's good to go. The things that they could do on fixing this is allowing proper K+M & Controller at the same time. Also the game is f@#ked when it's playing above 30FPS for some reason. I guess the only hard issues that the GOG team are facing is asking for Sam Houser blessing to have this game released on the platform, which I doubt Houser would approved. Because Sam Houser is dumb as a motherf@#ker for not listening to fans and is stubborn that his Rockstar Launcher DRM could won over fans. I call that bull$#!t personally. So yeah, DRM-Free, fully patched and Mobile GUI.
This game is very fun and deserves more recognition. Could use some performance and bug fixes, but otherwise, hope this can see the light of day outside of Steam. This could fit the "good old game" idea because, in my humble opinion, it just is super replayable and worth checking out. A DRM-free copy of it would be pretty sweet to play and own forever.
I have completed this game on every possible platform, it would be wonderful to have it in GOG with its map or soundtrack. Even if it's on Steam and Xbox, I'm afraid of losing it in the future.
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