The article was archived by Gog the Mild via FACBot ( talk) 14 May 2024 [1].
The Sims Online is a massively multiplayer online game released as a short-lived and interesting chapter in the history of the Maxis game The Sims, developed by Will Wright. The game was a hotly-anticipated release that, whilst failing to recreate the commercial success of its predecessor, introduced a genre of MMO aside from the fantasy theme of its contemporaries. Discourse around the problems with interaction and communities in the game - harassment, abuse and sex - are obvious and direct precursors to those later had in 'real-life' metaverse interactions and online spaces such as Second Life. Coming across a largely barren article, the well publicised nature of the game's anticipation, disappointing critical and commercial performance and post-release problems made this a pleasure to research and write about.
I'm mindful this article has received a less than rigorous GAN process (with no disrespect to the reviewer) and no input on a peer review, so I understand some work to get this to standard may be needed. I look forward to receiving any feedback and comments to improve this article, and thank you in advance for your time. VRXCES ( talk) 23:59, 12 May 2024 (UTC)
There are only two images (which are fair use) in this article and they have sufficient rationales. Support on media. I'd recommend adding an image of Wright to the Development and release section. 🌙Eclipse ( talk) ( contribs) 13:29, 13 May 2024 (UTC)
Oppose. Unfortunately there seems to be significant verifiability issues, particularly in the Gameplay section - a lot of references on spotchecks failed to verify the entirety of the content they are placed to support, and the strategy guide references are lacking page numbers. This is a significant enough issue that I would suggest withdrawal at this point, since significant re-referencing will be needed. Once that's done there are additional issues around prose and style that will need to be considered. Nikkimaria ( talk) 04:37, 14 May 2024 (UTC)