Author Topic: Bully > GTAIV (Read 2117 times)

The Sceneman · « **on:** July 24, 2008, 04:15:19 AM »

been playing the PS2 version.... fucking fantastic game, full of humor, creativity and has a great narrative and likable lead. Everything GTAIV doesnt have! bubububub scorcese my ass, why didnt this game have a midnight launch and idiot fanboys going crazy? Same with Assassins Creed. Oh you can steal cars in GTA

big fucking whoop

The Sceneman · « **Reply #1 on:** July 24, 2008, 04:27:06 AM »

yeah man, I heartily recommend it. Really good school setting, takes most of the ideas from GTA3 (HUD, mission structure etc.) but is a lot more tounge-in-cheek and far fetched (which is what I prefer in my games). I wasnt expecting much but Ive really been impressed by the game, you can tell a lot of effort and heart has gone into it. And you can score hot nerdy chicks

BobFromPikeCreek · « **Reply #2 on:** July 24, 2008, 04:31:56 AM »

I rented it and played through it on 360. Really fun game. I like how it's more of a beat em up.

pilonv1 · « **Reply #3 on:** July 24, 2008, 04:38:29 AM »

Yeah it's closer the Warriors than GTA, but it's in a different leauge of fun compared to GTA IV. Definitely can recommend the 360 one

CHOW CHOW · « **Reply #4 on:** July 24, 2008, 06:54:41 AM »

I'm reluctant to give another R* effort a shot after the absolute abomination that was GTA4. With that said, a couple of more glowing recommendations from people who didn't like GTA4 and I'll have to cop.

GilloD · « **Reply #5 on:** July 24, 2008, 09:22:50 AM »

Bully is great. I was hoping GTAIV would be a Bully+GTA:SA hybrid, but they took a lot of the task work in Bully and made a whole fucking game out of it. Ugh. So many great ides, not all of them completely executed, but totally worth playing. Few other games have such a complete atmosphere

Carnival!

cool breeze · « **Reply #6 on:** July 24, 2008, 10:23:26 AM »

Yeah, Bully is great. I think it ragged a bit in the end when you hooked up with that poor chick, but other than that it was great and much better than GTA4.

demi · « **Reply #7 on:** July 24, 2008, 11:02:23 AM »

Ps2 Version?

This is disappointing to hear, Scenester. You do know there is a 360 version.

Co-sign the title though, GTA4 is shit

Bully is GTA Warriors, which rocks.

cool breeze · « **Reply #8 on:** July 24, 2008, 11:03:33 AM »

Isn't the 360 version fucked up big time?

demi · « **Reply #9 on:** July 24, 2008, 11:04:02 AM »

No, they released a patch that helps a lot. I only had a few freezes on my game.

Sho Nuff · « **Reply #10 on:** July 24, 2008, 11:58:34 AM »

Wondering if the J-release that came out today has dual language. If not screwit

Ditto with Bad Company

CHOW CHOW · « **Reply #11 on:** July 24, 2008, 02:35:41 PM »

So the story is good for a videogame? Engaging narrative that hooks you?

Gameplay doesn't feel like you're running errands a la GTA4?

demi · « **Reply #12 on:** July 24, 2008, 02:39:31 PM »

I dunno. It's better than GTA4 though.

MyNameIsMethodis · « **Reply #13 on:** July 24, 2008, 04:15:56 PM »

The Warriors and Bully are games that are made with heart, along with GTA:SA. It's just a pleasure playing them because you fall in love with the characters.

The Sceneman · « **Reply #14 on:** July 24, 2008, 05:44:31 PM »

Quote from: demi on July 24, 2008, 11:02:23 AM

Ps2 Version? This is disappointing to hear, Scenester. You do know there is a 360 version.

Co-sign the title though, GTA4 is shit

Bully is GTA Warriors, which rocks.

yeah I found it in a bargain bin ages ago and only just got around to playing it. 360 version would have been preferable, but hey

The Sceneman · « **Reply #15 on:** July 24, 2008, 05:47:04 PM »

Quote from: CHOW CHOW on July 24, 2008, 02:35:41 PM

So the story is good for a videogame? Engaging narrative that hooks you?

Gameplay doesn't feel like you're running errands a la GTA4?

I mean the story is pretty basic (kid wants to rule the school) but as methodis said, the game has a lot of heart and the characters and settings are infectious. Personally I love all the overblown high school stereotyping (jocks vs. nerds, preppies vs. greasers etc.)

BobFromPikeCreek · « **Reply #16 on:** July 24, 2008, 05:51:46 PM »

I never beat that sumo arcade game challenge to get the nerd save point.

The Sceneman · « **Reply #17 on:** July 24, 2008, 05:53:08 PM »

i did, 1st try

siamesedreamer · « **Reply #18 on:** July 24, 2008, 06:53:26 PM »

Yeah, I love Bully. Trying to get the 100% achievement.

BobFromPikeCreek · « **Reply #19 on:** July 24, 2008, 07:39:55 PM »

Quote from: Scenester on July 24, 2008, 05:53:08 PM

i did, 1st try

I failed twice and refused to try again. So tedious.

The Sceneman · « **Reply #20 on:** July 24, 2008, 07:41:16 PM »

yeah it did require a bit of patience... took a while to get to 1000lbs. BUT IT WAS WORTH IT... sort of

pilonv1 · « **Reply #21 on:** July 24, 2008, 08:54:04 PM »

I did it to get the achievement for all the save points. It's not hard, just a test of patience.

I found the story terrible though, but everything else was quite fun.

MyNameIsMethodis · « **Reply #22 on:** July 24, 2008, 09:38:20 PM »

How could you find the story terrible? Gary was an amazing antagonist.

BobFromPikeCreek · « **Reply #23 on:** July 24, 2008, 09:53:17 PM »

The ending was so anti-climactic though.

cool breeze · « **Reply #24 on:** July 24, 2008, 09:56:36 PM »

Better than the shitty GTA4 ending.

FUCK! I want Bully 2 bad now. The music was so good in it.

BobFromPikeCreek · « **Reply #25 on:** July 24, 2008, 09:57:22 PM »

Yes, the Bully soundtrack was awesome. And yes, it had a better ending than GTA4.

Grecco · « **Reply #26 on:** July 24, 2008, 09:58:16 PM »

Bully is awesome. Feels like a real world instead of what you get in GTA and it has characters you actually like, and want to know what happens to them unlike your annoying cousin, or a doushe named Playboy X.

I absolutely loved Bully and i hope Rockstar makes a sequel.

demi · « **Reply #27 on:** July 24, 2008, 10:05:07 PM »

Quote from: BobFromPikeCreek on July 24, 2008, 09:53:17 PM

The ending was so anti-climactic though.

Jimmy vs Gary > Niko vs... uh, well, whatever Niko did at the end

cool breeze · « **Reply #28 on:** July 24, 2008, 10:10:08 PM »

I remember when I unlocked the go-kart to use to roam the world and being amazed much I shrunk that game world with the massive speed of it compared to the bikes.

If they do make a Bully 2, I hope they keep it in the same kind of age group. I remember people saying they wanted it to be set in a university or something like that, but that is no fun.

The Sceneman · « **Reply #29 on:** July 24, 2008, 10:30:26 PM »

the only character I liked in GTAIV was that dude that was always excercising and going on about rolling vip style or some shit.. Brucie I think. Niko was ok but everyone else was a fucking piece. If the writing was truly interactive scorcese level, why did I always skip the cutscenes? The stupid black dude that goes on about 'cleaning up the streets' or whatever is easily the most annoying game character of all time. Easily. Id rather listen to Rosco McQueen's robot assistant than him

CHOW CHOW · « **Reply #30 on:** July 25, 2008, 07:18:05 AM »

Quote from: demi on July 24, 2008, 10:05:07 PM

Quote from: BobFromPikeCreek on July 24, 2008, 09:53:17 PM
The ending was so anti-climactic though.

Jimmy vs Gary > Niko vs... uh, well, whatever Niko did at the end

Ever thought about maybe using a spoiler tag, you stupid fuck? Fucking bears.

Trent Dole · « **Reply #31 on:** July 25, 2008, 10:06:29 AM »

Quote from: CHOW CHOW on July 25, 2008, 07:18:05 AM

Quote from: demi on July 24, 2008, 10:05:07 PM
Quote from: BobFromPikeCreek on July 24, 2008, 09:53:17 PM
The ending was so anti-climactic though.

Jimmy vs Gary > Niko vs... uh, well, whatever Niko did at the end
Ever thought about maybe using a spoiler tag, you stupid fuck? Fucking bears.

Are you complaining about having a battle in Bully spoiled when it was rather obviously going to happen?

BobFromPikeCreek · « **Reply #32 on:** July 25, 2008, 10:24:19 AM »

Quote from: CHOW CHOW on July 25, 2008, 07:18:05 AM

Quote from: demi on July 24, 2008, 10:05:07 PM
Quote from: BobFromPikeCreek on July 24, 2008, 09:53:17 PM
The ending was so anti-climactic though.

Jimmy vs Gary > Niko vs... uh, well, whatever Niko did at the end
Ever thought about maybe using a spoiler tag, you stupid fuck? Fucking bears.

Who would have ever guessed that the protagonist and the antagonist would square off in one final battle???

Reb · « **Reply #33 on:** July 25, 2008, 10:37:00 AM »

If you play well Jimmy wins! AHAHAHAHA I SPOILED THE ENDING!!!

chronovore · « **Reply #34 on:** July 25, 2008, 10:01:26 PM »

Quote from: demi on July 24, 2008, 10:05:07 PM

Quote from: BobFromPikeCreek on July 24, 2008, 09:53:17 PM
The ending was so anti-climactic though.

Jimmy vs Gary > Niko vs... uh, well, whatever Niko did at the end

What Niko did in the end, at least in my case, was to gun down 50 guys effortlessly only to have to do it again several times as I:

spoiler (click to show/hide)

1) lost the escaping boat by not staying close enough to the shoreline
2) lost the escaping boat by not trusting the game to give me a jump over some rocks
3) lost the escaping boat by thinking that I should blow past the armed group of thugs near a ramp, after the game told me to head for a ramp to jump onto the helicopter, then chasing the thing four more blocks, finding another Unique Jump ramp, flailing off that, then wondering what ramp they were talking about
4) lost the escaping boat by seeing the actual jump, then hitting it on the edge, failing to make the cutscene happen
5) same thing again
6) and one more fucking time
7) then finally got the cutscene and finished the rest of that godforsaken mission without anything else exciting happening

[close]

BULLY is the best "GTA game" since GTA III. The team that made it learned from every single other Rockstar game, and synthesized (hi, Patel!) it into a nearly perfect GTA and Warriors game which references high-school mischief movies instead of heist films.

The fight mechanic is FUN. It's not as deep as The Warriors', but it's arguably more fun. You can give jocks melvins and toilet swirlies. The presentation's nice, too. Those "establishing shots" to mask the brief load times on entering buildings were a genius move.

MyNameIsMethodis · « **Reply #35 on:** July 25, 2008, 10:19:18 PM »

GTA:SA was pretty awesome.

OG LOC BABY

Debaser · « **Reply #36 on:** July 26, 2008, 12:14:50 AM »

Bully > GTAIV? Why stop there?

Bully > GTA*

MyNameIsMethodis · « **Reply #37 on:** July 26, 2008, 07:26:05 AM »

Wrong.

GTA:SA>Warriors>Bully>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>GTA*>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Saints Row/Any other shitty imitator

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #38 on:** July 26, 2008, 07:38:21 AM »

Quote from: chronovore on July 25, 2008, 10:01:26 PM

BULLY is the best "GTA game" since GTA III. The team that made it learned from every single other Rockstar game, and synthesized (hi, Patel!) it into a nearly perfect GTA and Warriors game which references high-school mischief movies instead of heist films.

hi

CHOW CHOW · « **Reply #39 on:** July 26, 2008, 09:45:58 AM »

Obviously I haven't played the game so I didn't know how much of a spoiler that was. Anyway, I'm looking to cop but it's still going for like 30 bucks on ebay. I was hoping it was one of those 15 dollar games by now. Blockbuster it is...

The Sceneman · « **Reply #40 on:** July 26, 2008, 11:18:24 AM »

yeah just rent it or whatever, you could probably beat it in a few days if it was the only thing you were playing

Trent Dole · « **Reply #41 on:** July 26, 2008, 12:56:02 PM »

SA blows

MyNameIsMethodis · « **Reply #42 on:** July 26, 2008, 03:40:15 PM »

Quote from: Trent Dole on July 26, 2008, 12:56:02 PM

SA blows

OG Loc disagrees.

BobFromPikeCreek · « **Reply #43 on:** July 26, 2008, 03:43:57 PM »

Vice City was better than SA.

MyNameIsMethodis · « **Reply #44 on:** July 26, 2008, 04:40:45 PM »

No way.

OG Loc, Wu Zi Mu....so many awesome characters!

chronovore · « **Reply #45 on:** August 03, 2008, 05:58:28 PM »

Quote from: MyNameIsMethodis on July 26, 2008, 04:40:45 PM

No way.

OG Loc, Wu Zi Mu....so many awesome characters!

THAT'S really what kills me about GTA4: the lack of compelling characters. There are so many good ones, even in the PSP titles, but GTA4 we basically get BRUCIE as the only holdover from the old storytelling style.

MyNameIsMethodis · « **Reply #46 on:** August 04, 2008, 02:48:02 PM »

Yeah, there just wasn't enoughi nteresting characters in GTA4, infact I can't even remember them all or if there were even more than 5 (PBX, Dwayne, the McRearys, Phil Bell, G)

The Sceneman · « **Reply #47 on:** August 04, 2008, 07:59:29 PM »

it was just a boring,shit game

I still cant believe all the gushing 10/10 reviews, the game isnt even a fucking rental

Bully rules, beat it the other day

MyNameIsMethodis · « **Reply #48 on:** August 04, 2008, 09:19:30 PM »

I think thats just the fault of the city. They went "too big" by going "too small". You couldn't really learn any of the locations because it was just too big. Also the soundtrack sucked and so did the characters.

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Author Topic: Bully > GTAIV (Read 2117 times)