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Bully: Scholarship Edition

PC (Microsoft Windows), Wii, Xbox 360 • 2008

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Quick resume

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.

Global score

84/100

Genres

Action, Adventure

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    Pros

    • Engaging story and characters
    • Open world with varied activities
    • Nostalgic and immersive school setting
    • Customization and social mechanics
    • Rich soundtrack

    Cons

    • Poor pc port with frequent crashes
    • 30fps cap without mods
    • Dated graphics and animations
    • Buggy and unstable on modern systems
    • Limited multiplayer or social interaction

    Motivations

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    • Competence

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      "Game involves skillful combat, survival mechanics, base building, and progression through missions and loot acquisition."

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    • Competition

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      "Focus is primarily on solo or local co-op play without ranked modes or leaderboards; players set personal goals and achievements."

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    • Continuation

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      "Many players report long play sessions, replayability, and habitual engagement driven by achievements and story."

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    • Cooperation

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      "Gameplay is mostly single-player with minimal cooperative or team-based elements."

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    • Creativity

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      "Players customize characters and experiment with different abilities and approaches to missions."

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      "Players can customize character appearance and choose how to approach missions, including pranks and social interactions."

    • Domination

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      "Players aim to dominate others by conquering territory and defeating kings, with some ganging up in multiplayer."

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      "Game centers on gaining respect and dominance over school cliques and rivals, establishing oneself as school king."

    • Escapism

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      "Strong nostalgic appeal and immersive fantasy setting provide players with an escape from real life."

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    • Expectation

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      "Players engage voluntarily out of personal interest and nostalgia, not due to obligation or external pressure."

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    • Experimenting

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    • Exploration

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      "The game encourages exploring multiple areas, finding secrets, and collecting items."

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    • Expression

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    • Fantasy

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      "The story contains some mysterious and surreal elements but is grounded in a realistic high school setting."

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    • Fellowship

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      "Focus on individual experience; social connections are limited to NPC interactions without multiplayer or community features."

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    • Growth

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      "Players develop skills through challenging gameplay and unlock perks and characters, supporting learning and mastery."

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      "Players develop skills by attending classes and completing challenges, improving abilities and unlocking perks."

    • Health

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      "Typical sedentary gameplay with no physical activity; played mostly sitting with controller or keyboard."

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    • Idle

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      "Requires active engagement and focus during missions; not designed for casual or background play."

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    • Intimacy

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      "Some relationship-building and dating mechanics, but shallow and limited emotional depth."

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    • Leadership

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      "Players can create and lead schools, mentoring others and guiding combat styles."

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    • Progression

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      "Strong progression through mission ranks, unlocking characters, abilities, collectibles, and story advancement."

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    • Relaxation

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      "Game balances challenge and fun with humor, providing enjoyable flow but some tension in difficult missions."

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    • Sensation

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      "Enjoyable music and visuals provide sensory stimulation, though graphics are dated."

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    • Status

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      "Recognition within the community and teams is valued; players seek reputation and respect."

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    • Story

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    • Strategy

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    • Thrill

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    • Value

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    • Violence

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    • Survival

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    Analysis

    Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Fellowship, Domination, Status. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Cooperation, Fellowship, Competition.

    How to use the graph
    Similar games map

    Each dot is a game. They are arranged from the same motivation profile as in the “Motivations” section below. Closer dots usually mean more similar reasons to play (exploration, competition, relaxation, etc.)—not that one game is “better” than another.

    • Larger dot with a light outline: the game you are viewing.
    • Colour: groups of games with comparable motivation patterns (statistical clusters).
    • Hover a dot to see the game name; click to open its page.
    • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom out and see more games.

    Why don’t the axes read like a score? This view uses t-SNE: it only keeps who is close to whom. The scales are not “good to bad” or hours played—they separate groups on the map. Read distance between dots, not the axis numbers.

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