Baldur's Gate 3 Fan Adds Every Origin Character Into Tekken 8

Summary

• A Tekken 8 fan has modded all the Baldur's Gate 3 origin characters into Tekken 8.
• The mod replaces base roster characters with the likes of Astarion and Karlach.
• Fans from both franchises celebrated the mish-mash of two of the most popular franchises in gaming today.

Ladies and gentlemen, the Tekken 8 community is back at it again. Because after simulating what it would be like to watch a real-life Tekken fight, a new fan has stepped up to mod every Baldur's Gate 3 origin character into the smash-hit fighting game.

POV: you're the NPC spectating a Tekken match - PART 2 (front row seats this time)

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This isn't some in-game customization job either, like we saw during launch when players were recreating pop culture icons in the game. No. This is a legit piece of work that replaces in-game fighters with Baldur's Gate 3 models. The best part is that none of them look out of place.

It's the perfect mish-mash between what was undoubtedly the Game of the Year for 2023 and the likely Fighting Game of the Year for 2024.

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Via this mod, Karlach takes the place of Azucena, Astarion replaces Lee, Shadowheart is Jun, Gale is Claudio, Wyll is Shaheen and Lae'zel takes Reina's spot. Pretty fitting character replacements if you ask us. The full pack of mods can be found at D0ct0rSauce's Nexus Mods page, where the creator has also seemingly transferred the characters from Kentaro Miura's beloved "Berserk" manga series into the game as well.

Taking to Reddit, where the creator showed off their project, many fans celebrated the crossover between two beloved series. "Now I want the opposite," one Baldur's Gate fan even suggested, hoping that Tekken can become a CRPG. "This is totally nuts, I love it," one fan chimed in.

It's been a pretty noteworthy week for Tekken, largely for the wrong reasons stemming from the Heihachi stage DLC controversy. However, mods and fan creations like this help inject a much-needed boost of positivity into the community. Hopefully, that positivity can help carry the game through the rest of the year.

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