Bully
I finished "Bully" tonight. Overall, I'd highly recommend it, particularly if you like the general style of the GTA3 games (but maybe not the level of vulgarity quite so much).
I found the combat a lot more enjoyable in Bully largely I think because it was more hand to hand rather than the running-and-gunning that the control scheme for GTA never made easy. Overall, it wasn't a particularly difficult game - I screwed up the occasional mission but never had to try any more than maybe twice - but that sort of kept things moving and it was a lot of fun to play.
I found the combat a lot more enjoyable in Bully largely I think because it was more hand to hand rather than the running-and-gunning that the control scheme for GTA never made easy. Overall, it wasn't a particularly difficult game - I screwed up the occasional mission but never had to try any more than maybe twice - but that sort of kept things moving and it was a lot of fun to play.