A Bully Sequel? "I Know I Want To," Says Dan Houser

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Richard Walker

Bully first saw the light of day back in 2006 on PlayStation 2, coming to the UK as 'Canis Canem Edit' (Latin for 'Dog Eat Dog') before being re-released for Xbox 360 as Bully: Scholarship Edition in 2008. The prospect of a sequel is something that's been bandied about for a while now, but how would Rockstar's Dan Houser feel about making a Bully folow-up?

"I know I want to," Houser remarked. "Well, hopefully, you never know. There's a lot of directions I could go with that one, it's funny."

However, if Rockstar was to make a Bully sequel, it wouldn't feature a grown-up Jimmy Hopkins in a Grand Theft Auto game, as some fans have suggested as a possible direction.

"I never saw him as being that level of degenerate. I saw him as a bad teen, because he comes from a tough home, who could go either direction," Houser observed. "He's not going to be a carjacker. He's too white collar for that already. He's at a shit private school, but he's going to end up being really happy because he's at the worst bit of his life, or being a sort of messed up white collar doofus.

"He was an unpleasant soul, but he had a heart. To some extent you could say the same was true of [Grand Theft Auto IV's] Niko in a bizarre way. But [Jimmy's] not trying to burn down the school, he's more trying to stand up to injustice."

As one of our favourites (we've finished it twice) we'd absolutely love to see a Bully sequel. Bring it on, Rockstar!

[Via Polygon]

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  • Bully was brilliant, loved the whole theme. Bring on a sequel R*!
  • Jimmy in college? http://www.thelostogle.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/donald-gibb-ogre-revenge-of-the-nerds.jpg
  • Bully is my favorite game of all time, I sure hope it will get a sequel.
  • Make it so ! Make the main prowtagonist the son of jimmy who trying to be a good parent cause his mom waswasn't there for him. You can do it rockstar!
  • I would love to see another manhunt game come from rockstar!
  • Red Dead 3, then Bully 2 Rockstar :P
  • I'd be very happy if Bully 2 was their next project, and their first next-gen release. Bully was underrated, original, and had so much potential. To see Rockstar build upon it with their current skills, and for it to run on the latest version of RAGE and perhaps take place on a large university campus with students generally aged 18-21 rather than a high school, I'm sure the game would be fantastic.
  • I reall want to see a bully sequel!
  • If done right, a bully sequel would be great. Maybe NOT a sequel.. but another Bully game with the same type of gameplay. Kinda like how the GTAs are. Perhaps another kid at a different school or maybe at the same school but years later so things have changed.
  • A Bully sequel and Agent. These are the things I'd most like to see. A sequel to RDR is, thankfully, inevitable. Not so sure about these two potential titles though.
  • Possibly my all-time favorite game of the PS2-era. Oh merciful Rockstar gods, please make it happen.
  • The Warriors was a far better game
  • @5 agreed manhunt was awesome would love 2 see another one and bully 2 on next gen :D
  • Please yes.... I must have finished Bully about 20+ times (It was that good!) I hope for the love of god that they do make a sequel!!
  • Bully 2 in collage maybe?
  • Literally just played and finished the game since it was so cheap a couple of weeks ago. Awesome game!
  • By "we beat it twice" do you mean just you or your alter ego? Because that would mean you beat it 4 times, or more if you have more of those... Just curious+D OT: I never played it, but picked up for few bucks on Rockstar sale few weeks back. I will definitely get into it, but not sure how soon with all the games I have already waiting to be played=./
  • I'd be so down for another Bully game. and another Red Dead Redemption, and another L.A. Noire Anything from Rockstar will be embraced and hailed as a great triple AAA Title, so lets see what they got up their sleeves for us.
  • @18, L.A. Noire was only published by Rockstar, not developed. The company who developed, Team Bondi, was shut down a year or so after the game came out. Another company, I think it's KMM, absorbed the rights to McNamera's (President of Team Bondi) next game called "Whore of Orient." There's been one of two vague articles about it [Whore of Orient] on this site.
  • They should make it like GTAV with 3 main characters, a Cool, a Nerd & a Bully. Or even throw in a female character like a Goth, cheerleader or book worm. Look forward to seeing bully 2 if it happens.
  • Rockstar really does have a lot of gems to their name, don't they? Take-Two takes such good care of them.
  • Will love to see Bully 2 first then Manhunt 2 HD or Manhunt 3 then Red Dead 3 / Red Dead Redemption 2 then GTA VI. Please make this happens!! We need Bully and Manhunt returns before Red Dead and GTA returns again. :)
  • Also if Rockstar Games want break for one year or 2 so their teams can working hard on new game like Bully 2, Manhunt or Red Dead while Rockstar Games let give new developer to developing L.A. Noire 2 or new IP game so Rockstar Games just publishing it like 2 years ago for L.A. Noire. Will be nice too. :)
  • Let's hope so. Rockstar doesn't have anything up for 2014 as far as I know of. They mostly do one major release a year, like Max Payne 3 or GTA or another franchise.
  • How about a sequel to Body Harvest?
  • Make a sequel to "The Warriors". Now that's the best Rockstar game. If you never heard or played it, kill yourself.
  • I LOVE this game. Since buying it brand new for the 360 years ago, I've played it 4 times. My most recent play through was this month when I FINALLY 1k'd it. The glitched errands was a bitch to get around. #26: I never got around to "The Warriors" but I LOVED the movie it's based off of. If you haven't viewed it, I recommend it.
  • PLEASE give us another Bully! One of my all time favorites.
  • I loved this game! I would love to see Bully 2: University of Bully.
  • While I wont say that The Warriors is a better game, I agree that a remake of it would literally be a dream come true. The possible additions are astounding, let alone what was already in the original game.
  • I not sure if it true but some time last year I came across an article on ign and apparently R* Vancouver was working on it as soon as they were done with Max Payne 3. So lets hope that rumor is true and lets hope hear some thing about in the next year or so.
  • @26 Cunt alert.
  • @26: Kinda hard, that one. Especially considering the game ended where the movie did.
  • Sounds good, I hope Bully is next, then a new Red Dead the next year.
  • @25 As in the N64 game? Holy christ, I haven't thought about that game in ages. I agree though, that game should be updated and a sequel released!
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