Universe modes

[Chewyacevedo101]

Guys I need your help what would be the best way to enjoy universe mode in 2k18?!?

[the King Lives]

1. set allies/rivals

2. use the ppv themes to your advantage. using the payback, battleground and clash of champions themes are the best ones to get the best cutscene outcomes.

3. if you're booking a championship rivalry put the challenger around the 5th rank and you should get some cool scenes there.

[AgeofSandow]

only put wrestlers you enjoy on the rosters. Mine is an ultimate indy/japan universe mode, with around 100 wrestlers from the indies, Japan, or NXT. It's a lot of fun, because I always get cool matchups and has lots of people I like to use.

Don't try to follow the current product or stay true to one company's storylines, as you'll never be satisfied.

Make up your own storylines, and have a general idea where you're going with people. For instance, you may want to have your midcard champion reign for six months, before someone unseats him. Or you may want him to slowly turn heel/face. Fill in the rest. If you're building up someone for a main title run, it's also good to have them work their way up for a while. Or however you want to run things.

Also, you don't have to play every weekly show. Definitely not every match on the card. Only important ones or matches you're interested in.

[Chewyacevedo101]

Thanks man I’ll try this instead since I’ve tried playing WWE,NJPW,ROH,etc universe modes but was never satisfied with it so I’ll take this idea into consideration instead 

[the King Lives]

yeah i can't guarantee it still works. it worked in 2k17 but i haven't actually started on universe except for one ep of current raw since i'm STILL..... doing custom movesets, entrnaces, victories etc LOL

18 hours ago, AgeofSandow said:

only put wrestlers you enjoy on the rosters. Mine is an ultimate indy/japan universe mode, with around 100 wrestlers from the indies, Japan, or NXT. It's a lot of fun, because I always get cool matchups and has lots of people I like to use.

Don't try to follow the current product or stay true to one company's storylines, as you'll never be satisfied.

Make up your own storylines, and have a general idea where you're going with people. For instance, you may want to have your midcard champion reign for six months, before someone unseats him. Or you may want him to slowly turn heel/face. Fill in the rest. If you're building up someone for a main title run, it's also good to have them work their way up for a while. Or however you want to run things.

Also, you don't have to play every weekly show. Definitely not every match on the card. Only important ones or matches you're interested in.

i will say this. when i book my stuff i'm normally jumping around (mosty cause i'm recording.)

but like i said i was just giving guidelines to get the most out of the cutscenes and for that you have to set the allies/rivalries, and if there's a titel rivalry set the challenger to rank 5. that helps to prevent rival a vs b. as well as changing the ppv themes.  i hardly ever follow through with those themes cause most times they cause issues as well

[AgeofSandow]

3 hours ago, Chewyacevedo101 said:

Thanks man I’ll try this instead since I’ve tried playing WWE,NJPW,ROH,etc universe modes but was never satisfied with it so I’ll take this idea into consideration instead 

I used to do that aswell. Like you said, it's no fun. You just never get the result you want. Try out a few things, mess with different rosters. Mine is based off RevPro, since I love their cards. They always have dream matches and cross-promotional stuff, like Chris Hero vs Ishii. I just took that idea and ran with it, putting guys like Takayama and Tanahashi with Pentagon Jr or Jimmy Havoc.

[the King Lives]

3 hours ago, AgeofSandow said:

I used to do that aswell. Like you said, it's no fun. You just never get the result you want. Try out a few things, mess with different rosters. Mine is based off RevPro, since I love their cards. They always have dream matches and cross-promotional stuff, like Chris Hero vs Ishii. I just took that idea and ran with it, putting guys like Takayama and Tanahashi with Pentagon Jr or Jimmy Havoc.

thing is you can have great rosters but when you get hit with Rival A vs B every week that's when it gets tiresome. 

[SandmanRKO]

wait until the patch so they fix it

 

[the King Lives]

20 hours ago, SandmanRKO said:

wait until the patch so they fix it

 

if they haven't fixed it in the last 5 years i doubt they ever will lol

[SandmanRKO]

9 hours ago, Jai said:

if they haven't fixed it in the last 5 years i doubt they ever will lol

I cant talk for previous years cause i havent had issues, just had  the crashes like people say
but i currently cant play universe at all due to do custom arenas for PPVs arent useable its frustrating as hell i can play raw smackdown nxt 205 live and even have ECW or other brands custom shows but when it comes to PPV the only custom thing i use is the arena i deleted my universe and un-installed the game lol

[the King Lives]

1 hour ago, SandmanRKO said:

I cant talk for previous years cause i havent had issues, just had  the crashes like people say
but i currently cant play universe at all due to do custom arenas for PPVs arent useable its frustrating as hell i can play raw smackdown nxt 205 live and even have ECW or other brands custom shows but when it comes to PPV the only custom thing i use is the arena i deleted my universe and un-installed the game lol

i was referring to rival a vs rival b issues. that's been going on since 2k14

i haven't had a single crash issue other than 1 time when i went into create a show from the create menu. that happened on my ps4 i haven't had that issue on my ps4 pro at all

Edited November 8, 2017 by Jai