"Bully" gets a release date - bit-tech.net Forums

Da Dego · 10th Aug 2006, 14:41

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2006/08..._release_date/

Risky · 10th Aug 2006, 14:49

oh dear.... this really doesn't sound like a good idea.

Darkedge · 10th Aug 2006, 14:50

Quote:

he story focuses around 15-year-old Jimmy Hopkins, who has landed in the boarding school Bullworth Academy. You guide Jimmy through an emotionally difficult and poigniant time in his life filled with valuable lessons and....oh, who am I kidding. Little Jimmy beats the crap out of people for fun and profit. A lot. Sometimes with baseball bats, and even a bag of marbles.

Well seems someone else has got the Daily Mail idea about this title. Apparently YOU are getting bullied, and you have to fight back with pranks and stuff. It's actually anti bullying not a simulator.

will. · 10th Aug 2006, 14:52

I would hope that this game gets a whole mountain of complaints from parents/polititians/idiots within 30 seconds of being releaced. Just so rockstar can laugh them out of court!!

I suspect that Rockstar could releace a game with a universal rating and advertise it as a game all about murdering and subsiquently eating victims in a primary school but when played the game is simply a bunny rabbit sim hospital game.. However, i recon, people would still attack the game on the day of releace because they havn't even played it!!! Farking polititions!

g3n3tiX · 10th Aug 2006, 14:56

Yeah ! Going to kick some innocent 7 graders !
(I'm not sure about the grade, because the french school system names them differently)
I don't think there is any Hot-coffee in this game though.

yahooadam · 10th Aug 2006, 14:57

lol, well i assume this will atleast get an 18 rating

so really, its parents faults if they disagree with it ....

Da Dego · 10th Aug 2006, 15:40

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Originally Posted by Darkedge

Well seems someone else has got the Daily Mail idea about this title. Apparently YOU are getting bullied, and you have to fight back with pranks and stuff. It's actually anti bullying not a simulator.

Darkedge, I understand what you're trying to say, but let's please remember who is releasing this game...I'll stand by my belief that it will be a "kick the crap out of this kid for hitting you" game, with occasional fun hijinks mixed in.

Anti-bullying doesn't involve a baseball bat and bag of marbles

If I'm wrong, I'll happily admit it later!

DXR_13KE · 10th Aug 2006, 15:42

this will be very very very very interesting, i hope it is not like "manhunt", it was interesting but got borring after a little.

Darkedge · 10th Aug 2006, 16:07

Da Dego - this the same people who released Table Tennis... so it's going to be a tight insightful sport sim then by your logic.
Just tired of the slag off before really much info has been released and plowing into the vidoegames are bad mmkay mindset - please Bit-tech leave that to the Hate Mail and similar.

MiNiMaL_FuSS · 10th Aug 2006, 16:24

Rockstar did say some time ago that the game wouldn't be PRO-bullying, and that there was some kind of moral thread running throughout the game and that it has a moral ending.

Quite frankly I believe too many be are assuming that this game is gunna just be about BEING a bully and beating people up.

Mr T · 10th Aug 2006, 18:28

Will this be another rockstar game that hits the ps2 then us pc users have to wait a good 6 months before release?

Flibblebot · 11th Aug 2006, 11:46

Got an e-mail from Rockstar this morning:

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Originally Posted by Rockstar

BULLY
Coming October 2006
First Official Trailer & Splash Live Now

The Rockstar tradition of groundbreaking, original gameplay and humorous
tongue-in-cheek storytelling invades an entirely new setting: the schoolyard.

As a mischievous schoolboy, you’ll stand up to bullies, get picked on by teachers, play pranks, win or lose the girl, and ultimately learn to navigate the obstacles of the worst school around, Bullworth Academy - a corrupt and crumbling prep school with an uptight facade.

The story follows Jimmy Hopkins, a teenager who’s been expelled from every school he’s ever attended. Left to fend for himself after his mother abandons him at Bullworth to go on her fifth honeymoon, Jimmy has a whole year at Bullworth ahead of him, working his way up the social ladder of this demented institution of supposed learning, standing up for what he thinks is right and taking on the liars, cheats and snobs who are the most popular members of the student body and faculty. If Jimmy can survive the school year and outsmart his rivals, he could rule the school.

Ready yourself for a hilarious return to campus living with Bully, the outrageously funny debut title from Rockstar Vancouver, available exclusively for PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system this October.

Visit www.rockstargames.com/bully to view today’s world premiere of the first Bully trailer. The official splash also features a selection of new screenshots, game news, Bully desktops, and pre-order options.

Stay tuned for the full official site launch, happening very soon.

Nothing about a PC release though...

specofdust · 11th Aug 2006, 12:29

Sounds cool, I always wanted to play with kids and pliers in the same environment, get them back for all the times they've annoyed me....everywhere.

/misanthropic grouch

Da Dego · 11th Aug 2006, 13:49

*concedes that his initial opinions of the game may be lacking due to the trailer...

I'll still have to see where the game leads upon release, as trailers can pretty up almost anything - but as it stands I owe darkedge an apology

10th Aug 2006, 14:41	#1
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g3n3tiX Resident frenchie Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: localhost Posts: 589	Yeah ! Going to kick some innocent 7 graders ! (I'm not sure about the grade, because the french school system names them differently) I don't think there is any Hot-coffee in this game though. __________________ I also have a MTBF.

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DXR_13KE Madeira's banana is the best!!! Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Madeira ; Portugal Posts: 6,468	this will be very very very very interesting, i hope it is not like "manhunt", it was interesting but got borring after a little. __________________ *Renegade X - 0.40 Release!* <---- CLICK!

10th Aug 2006, 14:57	#6
yahooadam Ultra csavarkulcs Banned Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: UK Posts: 1,323	lol, well i assume this will atleast get an 18 rating so really, its parents faults if they disagree with it ....

10th Aug 2006, 16:07	#9
Darkedge Supermodder Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: UK Posts: 334	Da Dego - this the same people who released Table Tennis... so it's going to be a tight insightful sport sim then by your logic. Just tired of the slag off before really much info has been released and plowing into the vidoegames are bad mmkay mindset - please Bit-tech leave that to the Hate Mail and similar.

10th Aug 2006, 16:24	#10
MiNiMaL_FuSS I Mod, Therefore I Own Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Norwich, Norfolk, UK Posts: 3,067	Rockstar did say some time ago that the game wouldn't be PRO-bullying, and that there was some kind of moral thread running throughout the game and that it has a moral ending. Quite frankly I believe too many be are assuming that this game is gunna just be about BEING a bully and beating people up. __________________ -Yesterday is History, Tomorrow is a Mystery, Take the Present as a Gift-

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Mr T 4 Left Into Long 3 Right Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Bradford Posts: 1,710	Will this be another rockstar game that hits the ps2 then us pc users have to wait a good 6 months before release? __________________ Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 @ 3.4Ghz - 4Gb Corsair 6400C4 - Abit IP35 - 256mb nVidia 7900GS Corsair HX 520w PSU - Pioneer DVR-212 DVD-RW - 74Gb Western Digital Raptor - 320Gb Seagate Barracuda 7200.10

11th Aug 2006, 12:29	#13
specofdust Banned Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Aberdeen, UK, EU Posts: 7,609	Sounds cool, I always wanted to play with kids and pliers in the same environment, get them back for all the times they've annoyed me....everywhere. /misanthropic grouch __________________ Like marmite, only no-one hates it Mmm bop!

11th Aug 2006, 13:49	#14
Da Dego Brett Thomas Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Cleveland, OH USA Posts: 3,906	*concedes that his initial opinions of the game may be lacking due to the trailer... I'll still have to see where the game leads upon release, as trailers can pretty up almost anything - but as it stands I owe darkedge an apology __________________ "Frankly that seems overkill. iluvtrees2 arguing with spec is the intellectual equivalent of a bunny rabbit taking on a pissed-off lion." - Nexxo