During spring break, I replayed Shadow Hearts. Started the 18th and finished it, with the good ending, on the 25th. 
I began playing Persona 3 the next day, finally. It is...interesting. It is an RPG, but it also has elements of a sim game and a dating game. I mean the bulk of the game so far is spent with the main character that you control going to school, sometimes having to answer a question, making friends and enhancing their "social connections" and making sure to sleep and study. When the Dark Hour comes--a lost period of time that occurs at midnight during which all who don't have the potential turn to coffins and when done, its still midnight--you and your team and go fight the shadows. To fight, you can use a weapon like a sword or bow (though its set in modern times), but really, your best weapons are your "Personas", powerful beings found in card form that you call forth by....shooting yourself in the head! Seriously. Its so weird.
If someone had described it to me, I'd have figured it for a boring game, but I have already spent like 12 hours playing it. Its different and theunique elements keep it fun. The overall story is, of course, quite intriguing. What are shadows, why does the dark hour happen, etc etc.:-) I wish I could have played the first two, just from story perspective because looking at their Wiki articles, Persona 3 makes several subtle (and not so subtle) references to them.