Bully: Scholarship Edition has it's problem's but it is worth the value you for you buck.
Scholarship Edition
Publisher: Rockstar Games
Developer: Rockstar Vancouver, Mad Doc Software
Platform: Xbox 360
Rated: Teen
Released: March 4, 2008
Visuals:
The visuals for Bully: Scholarship Edition are not that bad at all for a game that went under a re-release for the next gen consoles and the original release for this game as been released on the last gen consoles of the original Xbox and PlayStation 2 and so with this updated version you nice crisp graphics that look good on standard television set and on high definition television set as well or on t.v sets that have both. So other than nice crisp updated HD graphics for this game it just does not keep up that well even with some update's that have come out for this game and the visuals seem to have some hiccups and frame rate issues which can cause your system to freeze's from time to time but it will not stop you from playing this game. The detail to the main character Jimmy Hopkins looks pretty good and very well detailed and so are the (NPC's) and most of them do not look half bad and most of the (NPC's) look copy and pasted a lot which should not bother you to much nut it might get a little annoying for you. Now the detail to the environment of the make belief of the boarding school of Bullworth Academy and the detail to the town of Bullworth does not look half bad either for a game that came out in 2008 and looks good on the Xbox 360. So in short for the visuals for this game is rather nice to look at with the HD update and makes it very decent to look at, but the minor hiccups and frame rate issues could or might cause a problem for you even if you install the game to the hard-drive, but it is still pretty nice to look at even with the minor problem's, so they are just plain nice and very decent to enjoy looking at.
Audio:
The audio for Bully: Scholarship Edition is rather great to from the ridiculously great and humorous sound track and very funny voice work and is still very solid none the less with or with out the humor. So I'll start with the sound track which is pretty funny some time like for example when you are getting chased by the cops or prefects or anyone else and you get this music that will kinda sound like a 70's porno movie and it is very funny cause it happen's almost every time when you are getting chased and this does not always happen but when this music comes on whe n you are getting you might kinda find it funny and might ask your self why am running away or hearing this kind of music when this happens and find it hilarious or annoying. The voice work for this game is pretty good and the character's had some very well written and humorous dialog and the voice actor's were all great for this game and the voice work on the main character Jimmy was just superb and he did an amazing jod in bringing Jimmy Hopkins to life. Now the sound effects for this game was not it's strong point at and I'm just say that they kind of sounded very lame and dated. So in short for the audio of this game is this the sound effects are dated but the voice work and sound track was great and for the one exception with sound the effects the audio is just plain great.
Gameplay:
Now the gameplay for Bully: Scholarship Edition and yes this game has a multiplayer but it is only 2 player local co-op so I'll talk about that first and the point of this co-op for this game is and as far as I know is not story co-op it is only involved with the mini-game that are in this game and you can play them with a friend or you can just play them by yourself and their is quite a few mini-games like bike and go kart races, lawn mower jobs and so on. So now for the main point of this game the single player and the single player is a open-world adventure that well keep you busy for hours. So in this game you play as a mischievous 15 year old Jimmy Hopkins as he goes through the fictional world of a New England boarding school of Bullworth Academy and tells his story of him going through the hilarity and awkwardness of adolescence and beat the jocks at dodge ball, prank the preppies, save the nerds, kiss the girl and ultimately navigate the social hierarchy in the worst school around and so basically go from a nobody to the king of the school to being ex-spelled to getting enrolled back in and even run a muck around the town. Their are some problems like if you were looking to go through this game with no problems like freezing crashes and even though their has been up dates for this game but you will experience some freezes and crashes and some other issues that are a bit minor but can still be an issue like the screen going black in the middle of some end chapter boss battles sort of speak. So with that said and in short for the gameplay for this game is worth it it will keep you busy for hours and the story is quite good and the problems are minor but they are still a problem and despite the problems this game's gameplay is just plain good.
Overall:
The overall for this game is this yes their are some frame rate issues and some problems with the visuals and gameplay but it should not make you stray away from this game cause the rest of this game is just great with the decent and good updated visuals for the Xbox 360, great audio in the sound track and voice work and the game's story is pretty good and it will keep you busy for hours and you can find it for a nice low price and any where from $10 - $20 dollars or less and this game is a definitely worth picking up if you can fund it and because this is the Scholarship Edition will bring you the full original game and 8 new missions, 4 new classes you can attend, 4 new character's 2 player mini-game's and new rewards and achievements. So the point is you hole it to yourself to check this out and if you like open-world game's from Rockstar games or just plain open-world games in general then this game is for you so go check it out.
7.5 out of 10