I saw the day prior the Yu Suzuki forklift picture and was kind of optimistic, then again Yu messed with us before so I wasn't sure. I could tell there were more grumblings about SIII than in past E3's. So I expected the announcement to be at the Square Enix presentation the morning after, given those screenshots we saw. I tuned into the Sony Presser, never look at them live before, but something in my head said 'I should watch this', kind of like when my mind told me to buy the game not really knowing what it was.
So the first title was being announced and that Drew Carey lookalike said something to the effect 'this game everyone has been waiting for, a story about heroism and friendship' and you can hear people all getting worked up. Chills went through me. Then it was some game I've never heard before about a large demon dog thing and I'm like...are they screwing with us? Is it coming in the end? So when it did finally come, I was a mix between relieved like "FINALLY!" and excitment. Trying to text my brother but my hands were shaking so it made it difficult. Remember saying constantly 'oh man, I can't believe it finally happened' and 'this is what the East Germans must have felt like when the wall came down' :-D