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A Half-Life 2<\/strong> mod has managed to bring back Star Fox<\/strong> voice actor Estelle Ellis, who played Krystal in Star Fox Adventures<\/strong>, and hasn’t done any acting since 2005.<\/p>\n

Half-Life 2 is a pretty good game, sure, but the most common criticism about the Valve<\/strong> developed title is that there just aren’t enough hot blue foxes in the game, which is absolutely the truth. Thankfully, in 2017, a mod was released that replaces Alyx Vance with probably the most famous blue fox, Krystal, though only her model. Now though, modder Gagnetar is working on an update to the mod that has somehow managed to bring Estelle Ellis out of retirement, and provide a complete rework of Alyx’s lines.<\/p>\n

Over on the official fan site dedicated to the popular fox, Krystal Archive<\/a>, a post was shared<\/a> detailing the mod. “For that extra bit of polish, Gagnetar even took the trouble to rewrite some of the lines to fit better with Krystal as a character in the game world, rather than simply doing a word-for-word recreation,” reads the post.<\/p>\n

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A Half-Life 2 mod has managed to bring back Star Fox voice actor Estelle Ellis, who played Krystal in Star Fox Adventures, and hasn’t done any acting since 2005. Half-Life 2 is a pretty good game, sure, but the most common criticism about the Valve developed title is that there just aren’t enough hot blue foxes in the game, which is absolutely the truth. Thankfully, in 2017, a mod was released that replaces Alyx Vance with probably the most famous blue fox, Krystal, though only her model. Now though, modder Gagnetar is working on an update to the mod that has somehow managed to bring Estelle Ellis out of retirement, and provide a complete rework of Alyx’s lines. Over on the official fan site dedicated…<\/p>\n

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