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General => Video Game Bored => Topic started by: GilloD on March 04, 2008, 09:58:43 AM

Title: Bully: Try again! Is out today.
Post by: GilloD on March 04, 2008, 09:58:43 AM
Anyone excited? I missed it last gen, but it always sounded like an incredibly interesting title. I'm hoping Gamefly will send it along.
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Post by: Rman on March 04, 2008, 10:52:01 AM
It got a 10 from 1up if that means anything.

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Post by: y2kev on March 04, 2008, 10:54:46 AM
I played it two years ago.

Yawn~~ Besides, it probably looks better on ps2 than wii and my 360 is currently chock full of UE3 goodness.
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Post by: Rman on March 04, 2008, 10:56:01 AM
Srsly, Kev?

It looked pretty fun from the video previews and reviews I saw at the time. 
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Post by: Raban on March 04, 2008, 11:08:25 AM
Far and away Rockstar's best game of all time, that is, until GTA4 comes out
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Post by: GilloD on March 04, 2008, 11:33:47 AM
Gamefly sucks. Ive been waiting forever for my second game. How fucking hard can it be to send me Mass Effect, Vegas or Naruto?

I had big problems, but then they sent me 2 new games right away when I called. ANd they arrived in a day, which is weird because they usually take a week.
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Post by: CajoleJuice on March 04, 2008, 11:36:11 AM
Maybe I'll open my PS2 copy.
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Post by: dark1x on March 04, 2008, 12:13:46 PM
It seems like an incredibly poor port, though.  I mean, the 360 version looks like a 6 year old PC game (at best), yet it actually has loading and framerate issues?!
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Post by: AdmiralViscen on March 04, 2008, 12:23:07 PM
It's not as interesting as it could have been, but I think it was pretty good. From watching someone else play.
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Post by: MCD on March 04, 2008, 12:27:06 PM
this port is by Mad Doc Software btw.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mad_Doc_Software
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Post by: Himu on March 04, 2008, 12:39:59 PM
Bully is fucking boring.

Hey guys, let's help this girl cut in line at the movie theater and do other boring shit. The story is lame too.

I am a Rockstar Games apologist and it puts me to sleep

Far and away Rockstar's best game of all time, that is, until GTA4 comes out

What the fuck is wrong with you?
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Post by: demi on March 04, 2008, 01:07:47 PM
Getting it when I take back Turning Point later
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Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on March 04, 2008, 02:58:44 PM
Bully > GTA
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Post by: TVC15 on March 04, 2008, 03:07:59 PM
The Warriors > Bully > GTA series
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Post by: MCD on March 04, 2008, 03:10:17 PM
Himuro > GTA
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Post by: demi on March 04, 2008, 03:33:42 PM
I got it wee

Now to buy GTA4 used and make sure more Bully is made
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Post by: demi on March 04, 2008, 03:43:19 PM
The Warriors was great
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Post by: Robo on March 04, 2008, 03:50:21 PM
The first half of The Warriors is better than anything else R* has released.  That latter half (the movie half) is sort of shit.
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Post by: Himu on March 04, 2008, 04:04:08 PM
The Warriors > Bully > GTA series

You seriously liked The Warriors? I thought I was the only one.

wtf

The Warriors is fucking amazing. Who didn't like it so I can kick their ass?
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Post by: Trent Dole on March 04, 2008, 04:30:25 PM
Bully > GTA
:bow :bow :bow
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Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on March 04, 2008, 04:32:23 PM
I want this, but I also feel myself about to go on a big WoW bender for a few weeks, and if I wait til May it'll prolly be $30 everywhere
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Post by: The Sceneman on March 04, 2008, 05:27:52 PM
The Warriors > Bully > GTA series

You seriously liked The Warriors? I thought I was the only one.

wtf

The Warriors is fucking amazing. Who didn't like it so I can kick their ass?

?? I thought the Warriors was pretty popular? Its an awesome game

I have a copy of Bully on PS2 that I havent even played yet
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Post by: CurseoftheGods on March 04, 2008, 05:31:46 PM
I want to rent the 360 version.
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Post by: Himu on March 04, 2008, 05:46:35 PM
The Warriors > Bully > GTA series

You seriously liked The Warriors? I thought I was the only one.

wtf

The Warriors is fucking amazing. Who didn't like it so I can kick their ass?

?? I thought the Warriors was pretty popular? Its an awesome game

I have a copy of Bully on PS2 that I havent even played yet

Warriors fucking bombed  :(
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Post by: pilonv1 on March 04, 2008, 06:34:33 PM
Himuro hates Bully? Guaranteed success!

I've been waiting for this port, I couldn't be fucked getting my PS2 out for it and I'll finish it within a week and take it back to EB for Vegas 2.
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Post by: Sho Nuff on March 04, 2008, 08:32:14 PM
Bully was pretty awesome, plus it was easier than the GTA titles because of less random occurrences that can instantly fuck your mission
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Post by: Himu on March 04, 2008, 10:29:17 PM
Himuro hates Bully? Guaranteed success!

I've been waiting for this port, I couldn't be fucked getting my PS2 out for it and I'll finish it within a week and take it back to EB for Vegas 2.

Eh. I don't hate it. I'm just bitter.
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Post by: pilonv1 on March 04, 2008, 10:53:13 PM
I have my copy of Bully. The guy at EB said he was trying to decide between the Wii and 360 version. If you're thinking of buying the Wii version, why not buy the PS2 version? It would look better and be cheaper.
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Post by: Himu on March 04, 2008, 10:56:39 PM
Wii version doesn't even have achievements. Fail.
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Post by: pilonv1 on March 04, 2008, 10:58:33 PM
Wii version requires Waggle. EPIC FAIL
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Post by: Himu on March 04, 2008, 11:02:37 PM
It REQUIRES it? lamo

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Post by: pilonv1 on March 04, 2008, 11:04:13 PM
Probably not, but I'd have to use those stupid controls.
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Post by: Himu on March 04, 2008, 11:04:57 PM
Classic controller is god awful
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Post by: pilonv1 on March 04, 2008, 11:40:12 PM
demi!!! the achievements in this game are broken

http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/genmessage.php?board=942199&topic=41773909
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Post by: demi on March 04, 2008, 11:41:13 PM
demi!!! the achievements in this game are broken

http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/genmessage.php?board=942199&topic=41773909

That's glitched, but not broken
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Post by: pilonv1 on March 04, 2008, 11:43:47 PM
my mistake :(
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Post by: pilonv1 on March 05, 2008, 06:43:42 AM
Seems PAL version is bug free unlike NTSC version.
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Post by: The Sceneman on March 05, 2008, 07:13:41 AM
I have my copy of Bully. The guy at EB said he was trying to decide between the Wii and 360 version. If you're thinking of buying the Wii version, why not buy the PS2 version? It would look better and be cheaper.

the guys at Eb generally dont know shit, they try and talk to me quite often and I generally just snap some sort of non response to get them to hurry up and ring my game up and swipe my debit card. My local eb has one okay dude that seems to be interested in good games. Theres some distinguished mentally-challenged fat old fuck whos really difficult to deal with, no idea what hes doing working in a games shop, hes like in his 40s and doesnt seem to know the 1st thing about games and stuff

i really have to stop shopping at EB
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Post by: pilonv1 on March 05, 2008, 08:05:12 AM
I'm not even seeing any noticeable frame drops. If I didn't know any better I'd think this was some nfag conspiracy to discredit the Xbox version so the Wii version moves more units and "justifies" a Wii port of GTA or some such bullshit. There are no technical issues at all with the PAL version from three hours+ play.
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Post by: Raban on March 05, 2008, 10:50:29 AM
Bought this last night. Everything from the audio to the models are so much crisper.
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Post by: GilloD on March 05, 2008, 01:22:00 PM
Heard some nasty news about constant freeze bugs- This popped up for anyone?
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Post by: demi on March 05, 2008, 01:31:23 PM
Haven't played, I am gonna get 1000 on Frontlines before I try
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Post by: Phoenix Dark on March 05, 2008, 03:50:24 PM
One of the dumbest games I've ever played. If I want to free roam around a school I'll play Harry Potter on the gamecube
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Post by: T234 on March 05, 2008, 04:01:07 PM
Are you gonna jerk off on that too?
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Post by: demi on March 05, 2008, 04:08:29 PM
PD never played Bully
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Post by: pilonv1 on March 05, 2008, 06:23:35 PM
I swear this is a disinformation campaign spread by Wiibots. No issues at ALL on my PAL version of Bully so far.
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Post by: demi on March 05, 2008, 06:34:59 PM
People say it happens near Halloween
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Post by: pilonv1 on March 05, 2008, 06:46:13 PM
I passed Halloween last night. So no issues there.
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Post by: demi on March 05, 2008, 06:50:55 PM
Have you had issues with achievements?
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Post by: pilonv1 on March 05, 2008, 07:00:40 PM
No, I got the 3 class and 6 class achievements right after finishing the classes.
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Post by: Raban on March 05, 2008, 09:40:20 PM
Yeah, not a single issue here and I have the NTSC version.
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Post by: pilonv1 on March 05, 2008, 11:17:17 PM
Wii Conspiracy Confirmed :o
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Post by: pilonv1 on March 06, 2008, 05:22:25 AM
Achievements may be fucked - one of them is "Get a high score on the three arcade games". I have the high scores but not THE highest score and no achievement :gloomy
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Post by: demi on March 06, 2008, 05:23:25 AM
Well maybe you need THE highest score, so dont consider it broken yet
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Post by: pilonv1 on March 06, 2008, 05:50:56 AM
Yeah all the others are fine. I think it's just worded poorly.
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Post by: pilonv1 on March 07, 2008, 07:03:12 PM
I am getting bored with this game very quickly.
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Post by: AdmiralViscen on March 07, 2008, 07:05:55 PM
That's the vibe I got from my friend's sessions.
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Post by: pilonv1 on March 07, 2008, 07:11:41 PM
It's a really good idea but it's all the same. Run here, beat up some guys. Escort fattie to the library. Go and collect 4 items. The side missions and mini games are equally stupid. I'll probably finish the main story but there's no way I'm bothering the with the 100% achievement.

No fucking idea how this got a 10 from 1up.
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Post by: The Sceneman on March 07, 2008, 08:49:08 PM
No fucking idea how this got a 10 from 1up.

Its 1up, theres your explanation. they are fucking morons in regards to videogames, they game Omega 5 a 6 for fucks sake
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Post by: Trent Dole on March 07, 2008, 10:02:06 PM
I like the idea behind bully but damn, not having guns and sniper rifles is pretty gay. 
Uh, slingshot anyone?
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Post by: pilonv1 on March 07, 2008, 11:08:42 PM
The slingshot is so fucking weak though.
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Post by: demi on March 07, 2008, 11:25:00 PM
Who cares, it's a game based on The Warriors, use the excellent melee system instead.
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Post by: pilonv1 on March 08, 2008, 03:06:49 AM
Yeah the melee is so much better. Watching your spotty schoolkid do a double leg takedown into the mount position for some ground and pound is awesome.
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Post by: Himu on March 08, 2008, 04:34:29 AM
BULLY IS BORING HIMU IS RIGHT

SLINGSHOTS ARE GAY

SO ARE EGGS

THE WARRIORS LITE
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Post by: Himu on March 08, 2008, 04:52:51 AM
I like the idea behind bully but damn, not having guns and sniper rifles is pretty gay. 
Uh, slingshot anyone?

A slingshot is not a gun, I'm talking pistols and AKs. give me a failing grade, I'll give you a head full of lead!

 :lol
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Post by: pilonv1 on March 08, 2008, 09:47:59 AM
I think the issue with this game is that nothing takes skill, the only thing they require is time. It's so fucking easy. One of the story missions involves riding your bike to the carnival to have a date with a slut, you have to win 10 tickets on the a sideshow to buy her a stuffed bear.

The achievements really fucking suck too. Do 200 wheelies, beat up 200 people, pick 50 flowers, kiss 25 girls etc... Some of them you can do really quickly like buy 100 sodas, taunt 100 people but there's no thought in them. The kiss 20 boys one is at least a step towards being interesting.
 
Epic fail for Bully, this should have stayed on PS2. I don't think I can go much further past chapter 2.
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Post by: Trent Dole on March 08, 2008, 01:22:27 PM
HIMU IS BORING

HIMU IS GAY

SO ARE EGGS

THE WARRIORS LITE
Sounds like I need to get a hold of a copy of The Warriors.
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Post by: Himu on March 08, 2008, 01:36:10 PM
I think the issue with this game is that nothing takes skill, the only thing they require is time. It's so fucking easy. One of the story missions involves riding your bike to the carnival to have a date with a slut, you have to win 10 tickets on the a sideshow to buy her a stuffed bear.

Oh God. That part was such shit. The graphics were good but like...wtf. zzz

This is that goddamn bitch you have to help at the movie theater isn't it. I hate that bitch. WHO CARES.

I bet by now you've finished all of your classes and have to ditch school every day, right? The game has a nice idea, but the delivery was pretty flawed.

Also, I don't like how the buttons are context sensitive. Like, if you lightly hit it square or something it's a light jab and if you jam on it it's a hard jab. I'm not a fan of that at all.
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Post by: pilonv1 on March 08, 2008, 09:25:01 PM
I gave up on classes once I got the 9 classes completed achievement. I played it some more this morning, got some more achievements and finished chapter 2. I was probably a little hard on it but it's still only a "good" game, not a great one.
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Post by: demi on March 11, 2008, 03:49:34 PM
i started this up last night, and played all through Chapter 1, and a couple missions in Chapter 2.

ZERO freezes. achievements unlocked just fine.

another case of the internet exagerrating? seems so.

looks way better than PS2.

the new classes are ok, i'd rank it

Geography > Math > Biology > Music - mostly because Geography and Math actually teaches you something. i still fucking hate Shop class, i can never get it to work. Turn the left stick... oops you failed. i dunno what i am doing wrong.
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Post by: Raban on March 11, 2008, 07:53:10 PM
i started this up last night, and played all through Chapter 1, and a couple missions in Chapter 2.

ZERO freezes. achievements unlocked just fine.

another case of the internet exagerrating? seems so.

looks way better than PS2.

the new classes are ok, i'd rank it

Geography > Math > Biology > Music - mostly because Geography and Math actually teaches you something. i still fucking hate Shop class, i can never get it to work. Turn the left stick... oops you failed. i dunno what i am doing wrong.

Continue rotating the stick, pal.
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Post by: demi on March 11, 2008, 07:59:19 PM
i kinda cant since it fails me.
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Post by: Trent Dole on March 11, 2008, 11:17:36 PM
You do.

spoiler (click to show/hide)
P.S. Doesn't work on the 360.
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I still don't have a 360, just 6 games lulz. If I see it used for the PS2 I may snag it. ...I could never do shop class either. All it does is unlock better bikes and I'd just ride the skateboard around the majority of the time anyway.
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Post by: Raban on March 11, 2008, 11:21:27 PM
i kinda cant since it fails me.

Listen man, it's not hard, how thick are you?

Start rotating the stick before it even pops up, and not fast, at the same rate the graphic that pops up rotates, next, when A comes up, you tap A, don't just press it. It's really fucking simple.
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Post by: demi on March 11, 2008, 11:29:45 PM
sounds pretty broken if i have to do it before the icon appears.
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Post by: Raban on March 11, 2008, 11:50:07 PM
sounds pretty broken if i have to do it before the icon appears.

You don't have to, but if you're so crippled that you can't figure out how to do it legitimately, then that's how you cheat.
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Post by: pilonv1 on March 11, 2008, 11:59:48 PM
I agree with demi, shop fucking sucks. If you're late by half a second it fails you.
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Post by: Raban on March 12, 2008, 02:24:42 AM
I agree with demi, shop fucking sucks. If you're late by half a second it fails you.

It ain't perfect, but it's really not all that hard.

I dunno, I guess I'm forever alone on this game. I was hyped like crazy for it when it was coming out for the PS2 and I loved it when I played it, and it stands in my top 5 favorite PS2 games, so whatever.
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Post by: demi on March 12, 2008, 02:48:33 AM
then why are you defensive? i never said it was bad once in this thread. queef.

although i am a little miffed because i got my first freeze and i lost a nice bit of progress. it's all cool though, just a reminder to save more often.
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Post by: Raban on March 12, 2008, 03:16:31 AM
then why are you defensive? i never said it was bad once in this thread. queef.

although i am a little miffed because i got my first freeze and i lost a nice bit of progress. it's all cool though, just a reminder to save more often.

Because you said the Shop class sucks, which it doesn't, because it's arguably the most useful class in the game, since it gives you a better bike to use with every passing grade, and the class also has the best music.
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Post by: pilonv1 on March 23, 2008, 06:03:44 AM
So I finished it today, around 70% in 15 hours. Couldn't be fucked getting photos of all the distinguished mentally-challenged fellows at school or whatever other bullshit you need to do for 100%. I ended up enjoying the later chapters than the early ones, although the final "boss" fights are really poor and require no skill.

I'm currently waiting out my 50k on a skateboard achievement that you can get by skitching behind a car and leaving it run for a while :lol

The new patch sucks too, the initial loading takes much longer and menu's take longer to show up. Thanks wiitards :gloomy
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Post by: demi on March 23, 2008, 06:53:13 AM
i've had 1000 for a while now, though i had to reboot my xbox several times to get an errand to show up, so i could get that teeny bit of percentage (being at 98.96% doesn't help)
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Post by: pilonv1 on March 23, 2008, 06:58:20 AM
The problem I have with 1000 for me on this is that it's just time based, and I don't have the time to get 100%.

I've had bugged errands too :(
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Post by: Hitler Stole My Potato on March 23, 2008, 12:34:23 PM
Yeah, what's the deal with this game and achievements?  I haven't been achievement hunting in Bully but I know I've done certain tasks (like win 4 carnival games) but the achievement never shows up.  Same thing happened when I went from chapter 2 to 3 - never got the Sophmore one.

And fuck Music 5 right in the ass.  The best I can get on that song is 87%-89% so I fail.  Worst new class by far.  All the shop classes are just as irritating as I remember....the stick rotational sensitivity absolutely blows. 
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Post by: CurseoftheGods on March 23, 2008, 12:46:02 PM
demi: Do you think it's worth picking up the 360 version if I've never played Bully?
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Post by: Raban on March 23, 2008, 01:17:50 PM
Yeah, what's the deal with this game and achievements?  I haven't been achievement hunting in Bully but I know I've done certain tasks (like win 4 carnival games) but the achievement never shows up.  Same thing happened when I went from chapter 2 to 3 - never got the Sophmore one.

And fuck Music 5 right in the ass.  The best I can get on that song is 87%-89% so I fail.  Worst new class by far.  All the shop classes are just as irritating as I remember....the stick rotational sensitivity absolutely blows. 

Ok, yeah, Music 5 is gay. Seriously half assed. Not only is the teacher model made of bullshit, but the actual class sucks so much ass. The timing is way off.
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Post by: TVC15 on March 30, 2008, 05:54:25 PM
Just started playing this.  I still dig it.  It's a totally half-assed port, though.  Yeah, it's in high resolution, so everything looks crisp and what not, but aside from that, there's no visual bump at all.  And also, the framerate is STILL choppy at certain outdoor parts, just like it was on PS2.

I think word of mouth from the bugginess will mean that this game is going to the bargain bin quick.  Still, if you haven't played it, it is R*'s second best PS2 game.  PS where is my fucking Warriors port?
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Post by: demi on March 30, 2008, 06:02:27 PM
demi: Do you think it's worth picking up the 360 version if I've never played Bully?

Yes
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Post by: pilonv1 on March 30, 2008, 08:21:20 PM
It's worth a rent at least. I think the PAL version was free of bugs, even though it's been patched now.