Star Fox Adventures’ Krystal, and her voice actor, come to Half-Life 2

Gagnetar, a developer from four years back, created the mod. Half-Life 2Krystal was recruited from Star Fox. Krystal’s ability to walk in Half-Life games is an impressive feat. But Gagnetar has gone one better. On Thursday, he shared an update that adds original voice lines recorded by Krystal’s voice actor, Estelle Ellis, to the mod.

Modifications Half-Life 2’s Alyx Vance with Krystal. Gagnetar uploaded a video with commentary showing the early versions of the mod. In the video, Ellis’ British accent rings through the corridors and blends perfectly into the game. The demo video takes place in Kleiner’s Lab, and shows Krystal trying out the teleporter. In Half-Life, Eli is Alyx’s father. Gagnetar removed the lines in which the pair would refer to one another as father or daughter.

Ellis was the original voice actor behind Krystal when the character debuted in 2002’s Star Fox Adventures. “I’ve been talking with [Ellis] off and on for years now, decided to just get her a decent microphone and we worked from there,” Gagnetar said in replies to YouTube comments.

The mod is still a work in progress — some lines still haven’t been recorded, and Gagnetar noted in the comments that he plans to try and set up a different character model for the character. The jiggly hairstyle of this version is very typical. As for a release date, a post on a Krystal fan site said that Gagnetar plans to release the mod on Sept. 23 — the 20th anniversary of Star Fox Adventures’ debut.