I Remastered Bully in 2025 With 40 Amazing Mods

Rockstar’s Bully has always been one of the most underrated gems in their catalog. Released in 2006, it gave players a chance to experience high school life with the same open-world chaos and storytelling Rockstar is known for. But let’s be honest—visually, it hasn’t aged well. That’s why I decided to remaster Bully myself—using 40 different mods to completely overhaul the game and bring it into the modern era.

Why Remaster Bully?

While Bully has charm, its outdated graphics, clunky animations, and limited mechanics can be off-putting for new players. My goal was to preserve the original game’s soul while enhancing visuals, gameplay, and immersion. After countless hours of searching, testing, and tweaking, I found a collection of 40 mods that together transformed Bully into a next-gen-worthy experience.

What Mods Did I Use?

The mods I used cover a wide range of improvements:

• Graphics Overhaul: High-resolution textures, ENB shaders, improved lighting, better shadows, and ambient occlusion to make Bullworth Academy look more alive and cinematic.
• Character Models: HD retextures and remodeled faces for Jimmy, Gary, and the rest of the students and staff. Everyone now looks sharper and more expressive.
• Environmental Enhancements: Better grass, trees, water effects, and updated interiors. Even the hallways look different now—with more clutter and detail.
• UI and HUD Improvements: A clean, modern HUD replaces the dated interface, giving it a GTA 5-style vibe.
• Expanded Gameplay: Mods that add new missions, extra side activities, and random events that make the world feel dynamic.
• Quality-of-Life Fixes: Widescreen support, improved controls, smoother frame rates, and bug fixes that patch long-standing issues from the original release.

How Different Does It Feel?

The remastered version doesn’t just look better—it plays better. The improved draw distance and lighting make exploration more immersive. Character interactions are more believable with updated animations and lip-syncing. I even modded the soundtrack to include a few ambient background tracks, blending in seamlessly with the game’s quirky tone.

Cutscenes now feel like something out of a remastered GTA game rather than a PS2 title. Combat and traversal are also smoother, thanks to tweaked physics and animations. Overall, it’s still the Bully we love just polished to shine like never before. You can download all mods from here

The Challenges of Modding Bully

Modding Bully isn’t as simple as dropping files into a folder. The game engine is old and fragile. Crashes, glitches, and conflicts between mods were frequent, especially when stacking 40 of them. It took trial and error—and a lot of Google searches—to get everything stable. But the results were absolutely worth it.