I read her preview-review courtesy of the PS3 forum. The impression I get from her review is that she played it offline either against the AI or a person, I want to know how the game responds online. Her stating that the game is "faster" translates to me as the window of a lot of things being reduced, now there's the extra step in regards to GI/GP. Offline play is one thing, my schedule being what it is typically means it's either online play or nothing. With SCIV even at 4 bars there's certain things I avoid since even the most minor amounts of lag can really throw a monkey wrench into the works.
Still good review overall & we all have some idea of actual gameplay.