Rockstar reimagine school days at Bullworth with deadpan humour and GTA flavoured side quests. Jimmy Hopkins remains a savoury lead and the high-school setting, between schemes and goofy classes, ages surprisingly well.
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Category
Action Adventure1 player16+
Description
Open-world action by Rockstar Vancouver and Rockstar Games, March 2008. Jimmy Hopkins navigates Bullworth Academy boarding school cliques - nerds, jocks, preppies and bullies - to assert himself socially. New missions beyond the original, school classes to attend, school seasons and enriched open world. Enriched Xbox 360 version of the original Bully with additional content.
Bully - Scholarship Edition review
4/5
Art direction
★★★★★
"Striking"
4/5
Music
★★★★★
"Excellent"
4/5
Story
★★★★★
"Captivating"
Gameplay
"Excellent"
Fun
"From the very first minutes"
Addictiveness
"Captivating"
Difficulty
"Balanced"
Lifespan
"Long"
Technical info
💾6,5 GB📅14/03/2008
Published by Rockstar Games
Bully - Scholarship Edition (Xbox 360) price, value & rarity
Bully Scholarship Edition, the expanded version of Rockstar's adventure that adds classes, missions and content, the fullest form of this cult title of singular tone. Still common, its desirability rests on this status as the edition to favor and the aura of an offbeat game rather than scarcity, the Asian pressing being harder to find. A prime piece for Rockstar-game fans of the console.
A questionable morality
Slipping into the shoes of a boarding-school troublemaker licenses slingshots, firecrackers and playground brawls under the cover of getting through school. The game plays the good-natured-rebellion card, but most days are spent sowing chaos among pupils and teachers. You accept this little program of juvenile delinquency with the amused complicity of a nostalgic underachiever.
Is Bully - Scholarship Edition still worth playing in 2026?
Released in 2008 on Xbox 360, Rockstar's Bully transposes the open world formula into a boarding school, and that shift makes for a game full of bite. Playing Jimmy Hopkins between classes to attend, cliques to face and pranks to orchestrate stays a clever, funny playground, far from the violence of Grand Theft Auto. The sharp writing and the satire of adolescence carry the adventure. The combat and movement mechanics have aged a little. But the charm and inventiveness remain. For fans of narrative open worlds and the Rockstar catalogue curious, this singular title still earns a look.
