Canis Canem Edit (AKA Bully) (PS2)

...(which later became known as Canis Canem Edit when Sony objected to the original title). GAME INFO. Genre = Action adventure Developer = Rockstar Vancouver Publisher = Rockstar Games Players = 1 Player Online = No Age = 15+ Released = 2006 STORYLINE The player takes the role of Jimmy Hopkins, a 15 year old boy who has just been enrolled at Bullworth Academy whilst his mum and her latest husband go on a year long round-the-world cruise. The ...
...this dog eat dog (or canis canem edit, if you prefer Latin) world, but propel him to the top! GRAPHICS In the main, the graphics are pretty good. The people and places in the game are well drawn and some of the panoramic views available from certain positions on the game map, are really pretty impressive! The only problem I have with the graphics is that, when on a bike or skateboard and hence travelling quickly, there can be some lag as the PS2 ...

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...Rockstar Vancouver released Bully (or Canis Canem Edit if you really must), the companies first sandbox foray that wasn't a part of the GTA lineage. Controversy surrounding the project was immediate and reactionary - amazingly, there were calls for the game to be banned when nothing more than its name had been announced; middle-England was evidently spooked. Credit must go to the developers though - this is much more than the "GTA in a school" it ...
...as the game was re-branded Canis Canem Edit (literally meaning "dog eat dog"). Bully is a really first class game. Whilst its influences are clear, the game brings a raft of new ideas to the table that are, almost without exception, superbly executed. Whilst GTA: San Andreas proved larger though essentially no more enjoyable than its forerunner Vice City, Bully is a clear example of the developers listening to criticism, as it sees many long-overdue ...

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Game Info Genre = Free Roaming Action Adventure Developer = Rockstar Publisher = Rockstar Players = 1 Player Online = No Age = 15+ Memory Usage = 278KB Minimum Released = October 2006 --------------------------------------------------------------- == HISTORY== Rockstar is one of the most talked about game companies with the press and some of its adult games they have released, such as Grand Theft Auto and Manhunt. Here is another game ...
...because critics did not think it was suitable name and image to be selling the game as that, where as its not changed to "Canis Canem Edit" which is Latin for "dog eat dog". ==STORY== The story follows a 15 year old boy called Jimmy Hopkins, which has just been dumped at the gates of Bullworth Academy by your mother which is going on a year long honeymoon cruise with her newest 7th husband. After being picked on as you're the new student, you get ...

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...this is very different in Canis Canem Edit. All of the skills that you learn in your classes are put into practice throughout the game after you have learnt it. For example, if you pass in an English lesson, you will be able to reason with bullies and prefects, therefore less chance in you been beaten up or caught. There are also many other skills that you learn from the other lessons, and all these can be used at any time during the game once you ...
...have created the missions in Canis Canem Edit. They have taken the kind of missions you would expect to see in a GTA game, and then softened them down a bit so that they would fit into a school scene. So for example, in a GTA game, you might be expected to escort your brother to a safe house, while get shot with shotguns and pistols. While on Bully, you might have to escort a geek to the bathroom before he wets himself, and to stop him getting beaten ...

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...bugging me to buy him Canis Canem Edit which was originally known as Bully until objections led to the name be changed to it's current format. Made by the same people as the GTA (Grand Theft Auto) series I expected violence and the 15 age rating confirmed this. Now the huge uproar that this game caused should never really have been an issue seeing as the rating is 15 but we all know video games are not as strictly sold as DVD and cinema attendance. ...
...where you play as Jimmy Hopkins a troubled child who has never fitted in. The game set's you many missions and tasks and although you can use some pretty nasty bullying tactics you are punished for these and encouraged to be good. If you get into trouble you are caught by teachers and prefects and punished with horrible tasks which in reality and on the game very boring and non rewarding so it steers you away from getting in trouble. The missions ...

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...the lame name change to Canis Canem Edit. And hence the title. The game follows Jimmy's progress to take control of the various factions among Bullworth's pupils - from Nerds to Jocks. It's all incredibly retro, with 80s arcade machines in all the social areas, catapults hanging out of pupils' pockets and half the student characters looking as though they've just escaped from Grease. If you're familiar with Grand Theft Auto, a lot of the controls ...
...produced by Rockstar Games, and uses the same third person viewpoint for most of the game. 'Tutorial tips' hold your hand with instructions well into the game, and the advanced controls and fighting combinations are unlocked gradually enough that you can master them as you go along. The only element that's given me trouble is the camera, which takes an alarming number of buttons to use. The various lessons that Jimmy Hopkins has to attend are great ...

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With Rockstar shifting it's development over to the PS3 and the Xbox 360, great, epic games with a big budget on the PS2 are coming to an end. The PS2 has already had its last Gran Turismo, its last major Grand Theft Auto, and what looks like its last epic RPG, the eagerly awaited Final Fantasy XII. However, not since the now-cult School Daze on the Commodore 64 many, many years ago has the world seen a decent School Simulator, indeed any School ...
...PS2, is a sandbox style game, not unlike GTA. Coming from the same developers and using the same game engine as the series, it's no surprise that Bully is an excellent game. You play as Jimmy Hopkins, whose mother has got married for the fourth time and dumps him off at a boarding school to get rid of him. Upon starting play, you get introduced to the Headmaster, Dr. Crabblesnitch, who is very little aware of the things that go on in his school. ...

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Canis Canem Edit (or “Bully” as it is known in America) is a game made by Rockstar after their great success with Grand Theft Auto. It is similar in gameplay and content to Grand Theft Auto and also in its controversial aura. Rockstar where fairly smart in the development of this game – not trying to make a game that would try to have the almost-impossible task of surpassing their previous release, but also using this as an opportunity to create ...
...of the game, but in Canis Canem Edit the fighting/combat system is great, I might even say my favourite of all Rockstar games and in my opinion even rivals that of the newest Grand Theft Auto 4. In this game you have so many possibilities when fighting as well as learning new combos, you can punch, kick and grapple, you can also attack when running, mount and attack someone on the floor and grab and throw attackers into the wall or into each other ...

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One of the reasons that brought me to look into 'Canis Canem Edit', or 'Bully' as I prefer to call it, was my everlasting passion for the ground-breaking gameplays and storylines I had seen in the most acclaimed Rockstar video game, Grand Theft Auto. Labelled by many as 'GTA in high school' and almost eternally wide open to parental and mass-media criticism over its alleged encouragement of felony, this digital work-of-the-art is one of the few video ...
...this day, regardless of my having owned the newer Playstation 3 for nearly two years. Set in a prestigious New England boarding school, the fictitious Bullworth Academy, the video game revolves around the vicissitudes of the newly arrived James Hopkins, an unruly, hot-headed youngster who has been forced to join the aforementioned institution by a careless foster family. Once the imposing, and somewhat macabre gates of the academy shuts behind Jimmy's ...

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...upon me, the day that Canis Canem Edit (more commonly referred to as 'Bully') was finally released. Needless to say i rushed out to buy it and eagerly hurried home to play it. The case, the inlay, the special map of the game, all of it spoke to me... it said pure class. This is a game that is very highly polished, created by a team who are really at their peak (Rockstar). The premise of the game is that you are a problem child, shipped off to a ...
...yourself. The school itself is full of cliques and even more full of trouble, and it is up to you to survive the school experience, and graduate with a good rep. Many have called this game a cross between Grand Theft Auto and 90's school drama Grange Hill, they are pretty much spot on, the stylings are absolutely spot on for all the different types of kids, nerds, jocks, preppies and bullies etc. Now to the nitty gritty anyway, this review is gonna ...

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This is a game every student and person with regretful or imaginative memories of their school past has been waiting for. A game in which you get to live the school life, but in the way you want to live it, without letting anything get in your way. This game is exclusive on PS2, made by Rockstar, the same developers as the all great and mighty Grand Theft Auto, this game is a worthy contender and is exactly like GTA, but you are in a boarding school, ...
...and have non-lethal, non-killing weapons unlike GTA with the shotguns, machine guns and rocket launchers, but instead you have Potato guns, Slingshots, Stink bombs, Baseball bats, Firecrackers and other pick up and use weapons. The story of the game is quite basic, as Jimmy Hopkins the main man, who has been kicked out of several schools, and then your mother goes off with your new step dad on a honeymoon and sends you off to a boarding school called ...

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'Canis Canem Edit' apparently means 'dog eat dog' in Latin. Thought I'd mention that first as I was stumped for ages as to why they had called this game such a weird title. Apparently the game was originally to be called "Bully", but this caused some outrage so hence the change in title. Also before I start, this is a review for the playstation 2 version. As far as I know this game is only available on the PS2 at the time of writing this review. ...
...this game. I really did. Its made from the people at Rockstar (the same people that make the grand theft auto series) so I was hopeful of a great game and I wasn't dissapointed. In the game you play the part of Jimmy Hopkins. A 15 year old boy dumped in boarding school by his neglectful Mother as she goes off on honeymoon with her 5th husband. Jimmy is no saint though. Already expelled from other schools he's determined to make his mark on this ...

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The basic story of Canis Canem Edit is that a young delinquent has been sent to another school after being excluded from various others. He is a typical trouble causer and plans to whip the school back into shape. His mum has sent him there so she can go on her honeymoon with her 5th boyfriend. In the game, you get to pick fights with anyone in the school and get along the days by tormenting nerds and going to classes. The town is set out into 2 ...
...They then changed it to Canis Canem Edit and released it on October 25th 2006. It is a real burden that this game is only available on Single player as I think this game would be great on multiplayer mode. Basics You are a guy called Jimmy Hopkin's who has been sent to Bullworth Acadamy for countless acts of violence and cutting classes. You have to try and help the school get back into shape with the help of the 6 main gangs: The Bullies who practically ...

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Well I really wanted this game for ages but found it quite dear in shops so my step-dad found it on eBay for 11.99 including postage so we brought it. But then we had to wait for it. We brought it on a Thursday during the day so I was hoping they would post it that say so it would come on the Friday but it didn't. It never came on the Saturday either so I was becoming quite impatient and I was like "When will it come". It couldn't come on Sunday ...
...desperately hoping it would come on the Monday. I did not have school on Monday as a result as teachers training day so that was a result (yes a lie in) and also if the game did come then I had a whole day to play it. I woke up and the post had already come, so I saw a parcel on the table which I instantly knew was the game. I ripped the package open and saw that It was the game. I jumped up and down with joy. I quickly turned the ps2 on and inserted ...

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Another game I'm gonna say is a must buy! I've never played a game like it but I shouldn't be surprised this is yet another master piece from Rockstar games. In this game you start of getting bullied in the toughest school in England. You must attend lessons and complete missions to work your way up the ladder of who is the hardest in the school. As you gain respect certain groups of people will stop bullying you and instead help you out when ...
...you have a the typical lot you will find at school the geeks, the bullys who skip lessons and play up but aint the toughest, you got the greasers who wear leather jackets and drive cars and get the girls, you got the jocks who are the sports stars of the school. The lessons are great fun you'll probably think you won't attend lessons if you play the game but you find them a fun challenge. Like in English lessons you will be given a load of letters ...

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