Rockstar's Forgotten Open-World Game Just Revealed What the Genre Is Missing
Despite the nearly twenty years that have passed since its launch, Rockstar co-founder Dan Houser still thinks Bully is an open-world game that's "unlike any other games out there"—and I can't help but agree. Sure, the open-world genre has only swollen in size since 2006, and that goes for budgets more than it does wor...
Despite the nearly twenty years that have passed since its launch, Rockstar co-founder Dan Houser still thinks Bully is an open-world game that's "unlike any other games out there"—and I can't help but agree. Sure, the open-world genre has only swollen in size since 2006, and that goes for budgets more than it does world space. But Bully's boarding school story still feels more distinct than most recent worlds that are a hundred times larger, and I can't help but feel a sense of tangible loss when I consider that.
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