Drakengard. I beat the game and got all the endings, now I'm just working on maxing out all the weapons. This is going to take a while, I think.
Also playing Valkyrie Profile. Really like the art design of this game.
Most of the California locations are in the North. Fucking Nintendo/Best Buy. Hope they add a Los Angeles location or something.
E3 should be open to the general public. That would be GOAT.
I voted Devil May Cry. Never actually played the games, or any of the others you mentioned, but Dante made a pretty cool boss/playable character in Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne.