Oh, man. I'm so tempted to join in. GK3 is my favourite game of all-time, that's sort of why I'm not going to join in. For some odd reason I find this game deeply personal and it means a whole damn lot to me, so much so that I don't want to analyse it into millions of tiny pieces.
I like to play at my own pace too. All you folks playing for the first time are in for an amazing ride, though! Enjoy.