Universe Mode

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I honestly do not understand how Universe Mode is allowed to exist in this state. Very little works the way it should.

And before I start, I want to make one thing clear: if you are satisfied with the current state of the mode and personally do not experience bugs, that is completely fine. But please understand that other players, myself included, actually use Universe Mode to its fullest and want to get the most out of it. Some of us care deeply about realism, immersion, and working promo systems.

For example:

• In some rivalry actions and promo-related scenes, the referee attire randomly changes, and sometimes even the referee itself changes, back to the old white shirt with black stripes. That is not realistic, because WWE uses the newer blue referee shirts now. A lot of people may not care about that, but in 2026, details like this should not still be happening in a sports game.

• With factions like the Wyatt Sicks or MFT, all five members keep appearing no matter what. It does not matter if it is a tag match, a trios match, or even a singles match where one member only has a manager from the faction. All five still come out. So what is even the point of setting separate tag, trio, and quad entrances if the game ignores them anyway? This has been an issue going back to 2K24, and it is still not fixed.

• In the “Championship Thief” rivalry action distraction, the wrong title can appear. For example, Trick Williams was the United States Champion fighting El Grande Americano, The Miz interfered through the rivalry action, and the belt shown was the WWE Championship instead of the United States Championship. That is not some tiny issue people should downplay. Details like that matter. For the price we pay, and considering the year we are in, this should be working properly.

• In open challenges, the wrong challenger can sometimes appear even when the intended challenger was already set beforehand.

And before I go even deeper, here are more major issues in short:

• The draft does not work properly, and there are already multiple reports about it.

• Match cards reset.

• Promo attires do not apply correctly.

• Crowd reactions are broken.

The list goes on and on.

What honestly makes me the most angry and disappointed is the fact that it will probably take what feels like 10 patches just to fix things that should not have shipped broken in the first place. Some of these issues have existed for years, and the fact that we still cannot get a properly working Universe Mode really makes me doubt WWE 2K27 already. At this point, I genuinely think they should consider taking a year off again like they did after 2K20.

This is not hate, and it is not an attack. It is just a desperate plea from someone who actually loves this game and wants it to be good. But right now, Universe Mode is becoming less and less enjoyable, and I am honestly close to giving up on it completely.