The Ice Axe is a weapon cut from Half-Life 2. It can be found in the playable Half-Life 2 Beta.
Overview
- In the playable Half-Life 2 Beta, the Ice Axe was to be found and first used in the Borealis levels as the player's only melee weapon.
- It was to work exactly like Gordon's trademark crowbar and hit at a faster speed, but was significantly weaker in damage.
- The Ice Axe was caught in the cut of the Borealis chapter and the other Arctic levels.
Trivia
- In the Half-Life 2 files, several texture files for HUD weapon icons can be found, most of which still containing the icons for almost all of the cut weapons. The Ice Axe is among them.
- The Ice Axe is available in the mod Missing Information, in the Borealis chapter.
- What appears to be an ice axe is also in Episode 2, after the battle with the Antlion guard and the Antlion Guardian. It is lodged in the elevator lever.
- As seen in the Half-Life 2 sound files, the crowbar swing sound is named "iceaxe_swing1.wav".
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List of appearances
- Half-Life 2 (First appearance) (Game files only) (Non-canonical appearance)