Missions reward the player with cash, new items, and increase/decrease the respect of certain groups. Players complete missions-linear scenarios with set objectives-to progress through the story. Throughout the story, Jimmy rises through the ranks of the school groups, archetypes which include Bullies, Nerds, Preppies, Greasers, and Jocks. The game's single-player mode has the player control a high school student-teenage rebel, James 'Jimmy' Hopkins. Bully is an action-adventure game set in an open world environment and played from a third-person perspective.
