I really enjoyed SL for a few years. At one point in some role play world that involved hunting or being hunted with bow and arrow or melee weapons. I had played plenty of other purpose build FPS but enjoyed that SL game more despite the crap graphics, laggy scripts, weapons, hacks etc. It felt more visceral.

I never spent a cent inside of an FPS but probably spent a few thousand dollars in SL.

Sure but the parent post was talking about the graphics. Second Life looked good when it launched but is so old that it looks outdated. It tried to look realistic while both Horizon and Rec Room goes with the Mii look. My point is that Rec Room is a better comparison since it uses the same graphics style, is way more popular/up-to-date and is also VR.

Going to be interesting how Facebook will handle the (legal) fringe and subvert creativity when it doesn't fit their business model.

Any such VR world should be openly developed and not be provided by a corporation who can selectively put anything in there and inhibit anything going against company policies.

This is Black Mirror waiting to happen.