10. Bully
2006 Rockstar Games
Rockstars superb open-world school sim garnered controversy more for its title than its relatively inoffensive content. Taking control of frequently expelled rapscallion Jimmy Hopkins, the game unleashes players in Bullworth academy - a hard edged boarding school where only the strongest survive. While its true that you can pick fights and wield weaponry, Jimmy spends most of his time defending the bullied rather than being a bully himself. The game even encourages good behavior to impressionable players, offering fun unlockables for good grades in lessons like English, Maths and Geography. Rockstar found themselves on the end of so much pre-release outrage they changed the name to the almost cryptic Canis Canem Edit dog eat dog in latin. Most of the time this is pretty harmless stuff, focusing on nostalgic school japes like sticking rude notes to the teachers back or setting off stink bombs in the cafeteria. Aside from the occasional tasteless moment, the actual game has about as much chance of offending anyone as an episode of
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