<s>
Brave	B-Application
Prove	I-Application
( ブレイヴ・プローヴ	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
1998	O
Japanese	O
video	O
game	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
a	O
2D	O
action	B-Application
role-playing	I-Application
game	I-Application
with	O
real	O
time	O
combat	O
and	O
top-down	O
perspective	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
time	O
of	O
release	O
only	O
got	O
mediocre	O
reviews	O
,	O
with	O
most	O
saying	O
the	O
game	O
is	O
too	O
derivative	O
of	O
other	O
action	B-Application
RPGs	I-Application
from	O
the	O
past	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Brave	B-Application
Prove	I-Application
is	O
a	O
two-dimensional	O
action	B-Application
role-playing	I-Application
game	I-Application
with	O
real	O
time	O
combat	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dashing	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
requires	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
double	O
tapping	O
the	O
d-pad	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Various	O
settings	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
include	O
forests	O
,	O
labyrinths	B-Application
,	O
and	O
mountain	O
passes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Data	O
West	O
and	O
directed	O
by	O
Noboru	O
Nishizawa	O
who	O
also	O
is	O
credited	O
as	O
the	O
main	O
programmer	B-Application
and	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
planners	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
features	O
entirely	O
2D	O
graphics	O
,	O
including	O
portraits	O
,	O
sprites	O
,	O
and	O
backgrounds	O
,	O
when	O
most	O
games	O
on	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
were	O
using	O
3D	O
graphics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Brave	B-Application
Prove	I-Application
was	O
released	O
in	O
Japan	O
for	O
the	O
Sony	B-Device
PlayStation	I-Device
on	O
April	O
16	O
,	O
1998	O
and	O
was	O
published	O
by	O
Data	O
West	O
Corporation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reviewers	O
remarked	O
that	O
it	O
is	O
a	O
particularly	O
orthodox	O
action	B-Application
role-playing	I-Application
game	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mike	O
Griffon	O
writing	O
in	O
Gamers	O
 '	O
Republic	O
magazine	O
,	O
gave	O
the	O
game	O
a	O
score	O
of	O
C	O
.	O
He	O
was	O
critical	O
of	O
the	O
music	O
being	O
"	O
generic	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
graphics	O
as	O
looking	O
like	O
something	O
that	O
could	O
have	O
appeared	O
on	O
the	O
Super	B-Application
NES	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
says	O
the	O
game	O
borrows	O
heavily	O
from	O
such	O
games	O
as	O
Alundra	B-Application
,	O
Legend	B-Application
of	I-Application
Oasis	I-Application
,	O
Ys	O
,	O
and	O
Zelda	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
he	O
recommends	O
playing	O
Alundra	B-Application
or	O
Legend	B-Application
of	I-Application
Oasis	I-Application
as	O
they	O
're	O
better	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
