I do like the sims facial expressions better, but I am still not ready to make that commitment and pre-order sims 4 yet. I am still holding out til we know more. I am going to go back and read that article again to see what all I missed just skimming over it.
I am sure they will be saving all the really good info on sims4 for a later when it is closer to their release date. I do not mind it having online options, as long as we are not forced to play it online if we want to play! I rarely play s3 online ... I will though login and send out surprise gifts, but I usually sign back out after that.