I pre-ordered this game quite a while back, based entirely on the fact that Saints Row 2 is one of the best sandbox games I've played.
Word of warning, it's extremely vulgar, over the top, cynical, and basically almost like what you could expect if Q. Tarantino made video games... except perhaps a little more over the top.
Saints Row basically jumps the shark on the GTA type genre, but does it on purpose, and somehow lands on the other side with a stack of fresh BBQ'd shark steaks instead of egg on it's face. And i think it's easily better than any of the GTA games.
I'm almost prepared to be let down by SR3, because SR2 was really good. I've actually played through SR2's campaign three or four times, and it's pretty long.
It will be nice to have a SR which is actually designed for PC... SR2 was "a bad port of a good game" and better to play it on consoles. (i'm a pc girl, but i liked it on pc, bad port or not)
T-minus 12 days until SR3 hits the shelf.
SR2 was largely advertised by Terra Patrick (pause for a moment of lezbian fangirl gushing... ok I'm good, continuing:) who was also one of the investors in the game company itself (she's business smart too... ok done gushing). So it only makes sense that they'd get some porn star advertising for SR3. Although, it's not Terra Patrick (more warm fuzzy gushing).