Recommendations on how to run my universe for the first time.

[Zapp Brannigan]

So im wanting to finally try my universe for the first time ever but I wanna play it in way that feels more like an actual story mode. I made my main character and I wanna mostly play him in this mode. Yes I know there's an actual mode for that in my universe but I wanna try classic mode first to see what I can get out of it. I'd like the AI to take control of most of the decisions so I can just wrestle my main guy. Problem is I'm not sure if thats what my universe mode really is. I'm not sure how good my universe is at story telling. When I was a kid playing SVR 2007 my friends and I would play exhibition mode and just pretend to have rivaliaries and make up stories about what our wrestlers were doing. But as an adult I'm not really intrested in making up some story in my head about a fued or some story line that's going on. I want it to actually be in the game. Overall I want the AI to play the role of dungeon master. Making fun and unpredictable scenarios for my character to overcome. Every once in a blue moon I might like to book a match or two but that's about it for the degree of control I want. So my question is, is this the mode that I can do that with? If yes are there any settings I can tweak to make the experience more "story like"?

[Apathy]

You can set up Universe mode to book whatever you want yeah. It has automatic rivalries and automatic tag team formations and break ups. I've seen it do unexpected stuff in older games like some random midcarder becoming world champion for years. Just look around options and make sure all the storyline settings are set to have automatic on.

[Arachnid Soul]

Originally posted by Zapp Brannigan:

So im wanting to finally try my universe for the first time ever but...

You're asking for a lot. Nothing wrong with that, but the game doesn't deliver all that. I enjoy career mode for what it is. A world I set up and then have to edit every week to keep on track or to keep from getting repetitive, after I see what the game books. 70% (or more) of the booking work in terms of quality assurance... has to be done by you. If you play the game with this in mind, you will get the most out of Universe Mode IMO. Other people might just want to let the AI do its thing and see what randomness unfolds. That's fun for some.

[.Master Jiren, The Strongest]

If you dont want to make up storylines in your head you're going to be disappointed. The game will automatically put you in a rivalry, sometimes after only one match. Additionally, you can do some things like trigger ambushes before a match or after a match, but you'll have to make up your headcanon for the storyline yourself.

I dont think any game has the ability to generate random storylines for you other than an AI generator like ai dungeon. But, thats just a text based roleplaying game where you talk to a chat bot, its not going to give you a controller and let you play out your fantasy in high def 4k.

So the only thing you can do is My Rise. My GM and My Faction both would require you to make up the story yourself in your own head and doesnt do much of anythin to help you along with that.


If you play Universe mode and play the single character mode, its a lot easier to make the story up. "He's going for the title, heres his first match. Oh no he got ambushed, now hes mad about it!" its not that hard, i'd be surprised if you wouldn't doing it already without realizing it.

So yeah, MyRise is the only mode with an actual story.
I hope one day they learn how to add an AI generator to their games to generate this stuff endlessly, the tech is definitely there, but I havnt heard of any gaming companies trying this yet.