"Kaena the Prophecy"
Posted: Fri Nov 12, 2004 7:20 pm
I just ran into this movie (Kaena the Prophecy) at the video store and was curious if anyone knew if there were any connection between it and Saga of Ryzom. They're not identical by any means, but Kaena was a French feature film (computer animated) about a race of people living on a planet composed by a giant tree. The story shared some great similarities with that of Saga of Ryzom (one strange race with technology and another dangerous race of enemies living in "The Deep Roots/The Well of the Gods"), so it definitely caught my attention.
Here's the summary from the back of the DVD case:
"On the distant planet of Axis, a gigantic coiling plant stretches above the clouds. At its center is a village whose people are in mortal danger because Axis is withering...its sap is drying up. The people beg their gods for help...to no avail. Compelled by a mysterious force, Kaena, a rebellious, high-spirited teenage girl, will defy the High Priest and her people's ancestral beliefs to take the perilous journey through Axis and discover what dark secrets lie beyond the clouds: a dying world, an evil force, a terrible secret...."
As I noted above, there are definitely differences between the movie and this game, but it's almost as if two different groups of people were given the same mission statement and told to go develop a project with it. In any case, I'd definitely recommend the rental. It was absolutely gorgeous and the story was top-rate. (Voices by Kirsten Dunst, Richard Harris and Anjelica Huston in the domestic release.)
Here's the summary from the back of the DVD case:
"On the distant planet of Axis, a gigantic coiling plant stretches above the clouds. At its center is a village whose people are in mortal danger because Axis is withering...its sap is drying up. The people beg their gods for help...to no avail. Compelled by a mysterious force, Kaena, a rebellious, high-spirited teenage girl, will defy the High Priest and her people's ancestral beliefs to take the perilous journey through Axis and discover what dark secrets lie beyond the clouds: a dying world, an evil force, a terrible secret...."
As I noted above, there are definitely differences between the movie and this game, but it's almost as if two different groups of people were given the same mission statement and told to go develop a project with it. In any case, I'd definitely recommend the rental. It was absolutely gorgeous and the story was top-rate. (Voices by Kirsten Dunst, Richard Harris and Anjelica Huston in the domestic release.)