Brave: A Warrior's Tale is an action-adventure game for the Xbox 360 that draws on Native American mythology. Players experience the narrative through the recollections of an elderly warrior named Brave, engaging in flashbacks of his youth. Controlling a young boy named Courage, players venture through expansive environments, transforming into animals, tracking opponents, and combating foes using various weapons and ancient abilities.
Set in a fantastic world based upon the mythology of Native America, Brave: A Warrior's Tale plays as a series of flashbacks in which a now elderly Brave describes the events of his life. Between the warrior’s tales of his youth, the player takes control of Courage, a young boy who takes lessons from his elder's experiences to stop the current threat to their village. The game provides players expansive exploration and in-game interactivity on their quest to defeat the sources of evil, continuously offering a significant challenge to players as they advance through a world of untamed wilderness. Brave is able to transform into various animals, track prey, and battle enemies that stand in his way with bows and arrows, tomahawks and a variety of ancient powers.