E3 2008: Brave: A Warrior's Tale Hands-On

By Tom Mc Shea, GameSpotPosted Jul 17, 2008 5:59 pm PT

We ride on the back of an eagle and transform into a raging bear in this new action platformer.

Brave: A Warrior's Tale is an action platformer coming out for the Xbox 360, PSP, and Wii. You play as a young Native American who is actually named Brave. After your village is heartlessly attacked, you set off on an adventure to save your loved ones by becoming a shaman. The original Brave was released on the PlayStation 2 a few years ago, and this version contains the entire first game along with new sections. We sat down with a few levels of the Xbox 360 version today, and it looks like this could be a fun game for youngsters getting into the genre for the first time.

Your two main weapons in Brave are an axe and a bow and arrow. You have a limited number of arrows, so you'll spend most of your time hacking at enemies with melee attacks. You can also transform into animals during certain sections. We were told to expect around six for the entire game, but the only one we had a chance to control was a wily bear. Since you don't have any weapons in this form, we whacked enemies around with our paw and caused them to shake with a mighty roar. We could also swallow undead creatures whole, which sadly didn't turn us into a zombie bear.

Though we were told that most of the game would consist of jumping and combat, there are a few sections were you can ride atop an eagle as well. We played a small section where we soared through a string of green hoops in the sky, using boost and air brakes to guide the bird to the end. Once there, we could pick up enemies with our talons and drop them into a bottomless pit. There was also light puzzle-solving here--a cannon wouldn't stop shooting fire at us, so we had to grab a nearby boulder and smash it.

There are two more playable characters in the game, but they weren't in the E3 demo. There isn't any multiplayer planned, but the main quest should take more than 11 hours, half of which will contain all-new content. Look for the final version this fall on all three platforms.

23 Comments

  • Soupwned

    Posted May 14, 2009 11:34 pm PT

    I didn't get to play the original, but the graphics from this game look a little dated, and I think they could do better for the sake of fans of the previous game.

  • jflkdjs

    Posted Mar 15, 2009 7:29 pm PT

    Great,I played the original game on my Playstation 2,and I loved it.I can`t wait for this to be released...I just love platformers : )

  • fatooosh

    Posted Feb 28, 2009 11:30 pm PT

    release m7/d1

  • XTatiC13

    Posted Nov 30, 2008 1:08 am PT

    are we ever gonna get some screens! CHRIST!

  • jhuuueee

    Posted Sep 1, 2008 4:44 am PT

    sweet. im waiting for this one. . .

  • zerander

    Posted Jul 30, 2008 8:33 pm PT

    Looks good.

  • Sharvie

    Posted Jul 26, 2008 4:52 pm PT

    Sounds promising, but not worth a purchase.

  • tyzwain

    Posted Jul 21, 2008 4:09 pm PT

    Looks very nice. Will have to see what its like further down the line.

  • leofiregod

    Posted Jul 20, 2008 6:09 pm PT

    I can just hear the music from one of Eddie Murphy's skits playing in the background. "Kill the white people oh-oh"

  • king_loei

    Posted Jul 20, 2008 4:16 pm PT

    Uhhhhhhh... This is a game?

  • snaker49

    Posted Jul 20, 2008 1:02 pm PT

    ugh

  • ognen

    Posted Jul 20, 2008 5:42 am PT

    passing this

  • zombieman666

    Posted Jul 19, 2008 1:10 pm PT

    not my type

  • gmax Site moderator

    Posted Jul 19, 2008 1:45 am PT

    I sense more speedruns coming up!

  • Macgyver40

    Posted Jul 18, 2008 10:42 am PT

    no multiplayer bummer but i will still play it

  • Pastehunter

    Posted Jul 18, 2008 3:41 am PT

    Well if it has some charm I could buy it

  • Hungry_bunny

    Posted Jul 17, 2008 9:04 pm PT

    Doesn't sound that "mature", no thanks.

  • jakeboudville

    Posted Jul 17, 2008 8:54 pm PT

    nothing unique enough for me to get it

  • WizengamotX

    Posted Jul 17, 2008 8:36 pm PT

    I certainly am interested in the fact that the game seems to be in touch with Native culture, and although I find much of the Northwest American-Indian culture dull, the game has much potential to educate and captivate. My one trifle - why an upgraded PS2 game? A direct port from last-gen PS2 to eighth generation PS3 and X360 will never go down with today's graphics-realism HD-oriented crowd.

  • lettuceman44

    Posted Jul 17, 2008 7:49 pm PT

    Not interested really.

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