Bully
Bringing the chaos of Grand Theft Auto into a High School environment was always going to generate criticism. The release was immediately banned in Brazil, and ratings were made to increase dramatically throughout the world before it was allowed to be sold publicly.
The game was hugely addictive, crazy and the possibilities were endless in a large open world. The storyline had typical Grand Theft Auto vibes and the character was hot-headed and hilarious. As Bully had all the features of a popular GTA game, why wouldn’t a sequel be a good idea?
Having a sequel would be difficult. The game had already been remastered in 2008, and a sequel would almost certainly take a completely different path to the first game. It would have a new character, a whole new environment, but the repetitiveness would become an issue like other Rockstar spin-off games such as LA Noire and Red Dead Redemption.
Rockstar has found a certain niche in their most popular games, as seen in Grand Theft Auto especially, and having these features in completely different franchises will always generate success. However, due to how perfectly Bully was presented, there just isn’t any need for a sequel that would differ in some way to the original game.
Rockstar has always succeeded in choosing perfect settings for games, and Bully brings out high school memories in a whole new way. With successes with numerous ‘one-off’ games being released, such as LA Noire, maybe Bully should stay as it is.
