A great deal of time and energy was spent on character design for this game. High production values were sunk into this game and it shows, making the game feel more polished and in the end that makes the experience more fulfilling. The dialogue and voice acting leaves something to be desired, but the overall composition of each cut scene is well directed and composed. I was impressed with the cut scenes as they were blocked and shot like a real movie. Kya's design centers on a very cinematic feel that carries over from the cinematic cut scenes to the actual gameplay. One of Kya's greatest strengths becomes apparent right from the start: style. Kya assumed that her no good bum of a father peaced out on her when she was a little girl, but he was actually drawn into the world of the Nativs and became corrupted by power because that is what power does: it corrupts. There is also a nifty, depending on how you look at it, plot twist where the villain of the game, Brazul is his name, was actually once Kya's long lost father. As you can imagine, Kya makes a solemn vow to rescue her brother because that's what half sisters do. Frank unfortunately falls captive to the foul Wolfens (who are actually Nativs that are crossed over to the Dark Side). Here you find that Kya falls in with a furry bunch of rebels who call themselves Nativs. You take on the role of Kya a purple dreadlocked chica rocking low rise boot cut jeans and a girlish tank-top who packs an attitude and…a boomerang? The game begins with a rather well shot cinematic, which you cannot skip, where Kya and her half brother Frank are inadvertently swept away through some mystic portal into another world. The rundown of Kya is pretty straightforward for a game that is anything but. It would seem that I have developed a library of these titles worthy of PhD study as it seems the genre of the year is multi-faceted genre hoppers. Kya: Dark Lineage (herein referred to as Kya) is another 3D platform adventure game for the PS2. Gen-X Klub Kidz Krash Jim Henson's Dream World!
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