How Rockstar Should Make Bully 2

5. Return To Bullworth Academy

Bully Bullworth Academy
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As beloved a character as Jimmy was, Bullworth is almost a bigger personality overall.

Described as "the worst school in the country", Bullworth and its anarchic atmosphere seem to take a great deal of influence from classic British comics such as The Beano, whose protagonists included youthful rebels such as Dennis The Menace and The Bash Street Kids.

As well as the classic site, the school could have expanded over a couple of decades to include another, more modern campus within the Bullworth area, expanding the sandbox and adding more lessons and activities for the player.

More importantly, Bullworth being the game's prime location again would present an excellent backdrop for the game's central characters and their stories.

Jimmy's daughter, having been expelled from a better school much like her father and forced to enrol back here is the ideal jumping-off point.

The idea of Jimmy having bettered himself but subsequently failing to stop his daughter falling into his earlier ways would make an effective overarching theme, and Rockstar have demonstrated a talent for this with John and Jack Marston in Red Dead Redemption.

This could be a welcome return for some characters from the previous game.

Ernest Jones, previous leader of the nerds would fit in as a headmaster who runs the school with an iron fist, and seeing the villainous Gary Smith relegated to janitor would give returning players a vindictive laugh.

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