Half-Life 2 mod replaces Alyx with Star Fox character and even features original actor

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An upcoming Half-Life 2 mod will feature Estelle Ellis reprising her role as Star Fox’s Krystal for the first time in 20 years.

There’s nothing strange about seeing fan-made game mods that replace certain characters with ones from completely different games. Some classic examples include Rick and Morty appearing in Grand Theft Auto 5 and Scooby-Doo’s Shaggy being playable in anime fighting game Jump Force.

How often do those characters’ voice actors record entirely new lines for them, though? Not very often and yet one dedicated fan has managed to enlist the original voice actress for Krystal from the Star Fox series, for their upcoming mod for Valve’s Half-Life 2.

Created by YouTuber Gagnetar, the only thing the mod does is replace supporting character Alyx (who would later get their own game, Half-Life: Alyx, in 2020) with the aforementioned Krystal, complete with voice acting from Estelle Ellis. They’ve even rewritten some lines of dialogue to better fit Krystal’s character.

For anyone unfamiliar with her, Krystal debuted in 2002’s Star Fox Adventures, which was more of a Legend Of Zelda clone in Star Fox clothing. She spent the majority of the game trapped in a big crystal (oh the irony), but was saved by series protagonist Fox McCloud and decided to join his crew in the end.

She returned in Star Fox: Assault and Star Fox Command as a playable teammate and Fox’s love interest. However, with 2016’s Star Fox Zero acting as a pseudo remake of Star Fox 64 and a reboot of the series, Krystal vanished from the series.

She did make cameo appearances in the Super Smash Bros. games, but she’s otherwise been completely absent from the Star Fox series since 2006.

The fact that Ellis is reprising her role for a fan mod is what makes