No Bully 2 from Rockstar, but this new game might fill that high school chaos void

Rockstar's made it pretty clear they're not doing Bully 2 anytime soon, but I just saw a game called Agefield High: Rock the School that's basically trying to be the next best thing. It's from a smaller studio, Refugium Games, and it's dropping on Steam August 12.

You play as Sam, a senior in some small-town high school, and the whole thing is this raunchy 2000s comedy. Open world with the school, town center, neighborhoods, countryside. 30+ main missions. The trailer is... something else. There's a bit where someone tells you to sneak into the girls' locker room and take a photo while they're showering. You can fight jocks, mow lawns, play guitar badly, and apparently tip cows and then run from an angry one. Multiple endings too, so your choices might actually matter.

It's coming to consoles later, but no date on that yet. If you're itching for that Bully vibe, it's also worth remembering that the original Bully is on GTA+ right now, so you can replay that while waiting for GTA 6.

I'm not sure if this is gonna be a hidden gem or just a cringey knockoff. Anyone else thinking of giving it a shot, or are you just gonna stick with Bully?

Source: GameSpot · Curated content.

I'm always down for a dense small-town map, but that layout sounds all over the place. School, town center, neighborhoods, countryside... that's a lot of biomes for a senior's daily commute. Bully kept it tight. Bullworth and the surrounding blocks felt lived-in because you could memorize every alley. GTA V went the other direction and gave us the full sprawl from downtown LS up to Mount Chiliad. Agefield High needs to nail the transitions or it'll feel like four separate maps stitched together. Also if the countryside is just a flat field for cow tipping, what's the point? (Give me hidden fishing docks behind the school or a drainage tunnel into town.) I'll probably try it while waiting for Leonida, but my expectations are parked somewhere south of the gymnasium.

four separate maps stitched together

Exactly. Bully's map was tight enough to memorize every alley and shortcut. You could route from the gym to the library without thinking. This sounds like they built four zones and are hoping fast travel papers over the gaps.

Also, that mission list has no coherence. Photography, lawn care, and cow tipping don't share mechanics or escalation. There's no crew role, no loadout progression, just busywork spread across a too-big map. I'll watch a few missions on stream before I spend money. If the commute between beats eats more time than the action, it's a failed op.