History NightmareFuel / DevilSurvivor

** You'd be fooled into thinking the game [[NightmareRetardant dilutes most of its own horror]] thanks to its artstyle. ''Nope''. You get to watch many people getting murdered, parts of the city start resembling FireAndBrimstoneHell, and the monsters that started off cute gradually start getting more and more nightmarish in appearance. Also, add in the fact you have a literal Death Clock hanging over the heads of EVERYONE that most have to fight unspeakable horrors to prolong for brief stretches of time, AND the facts that the Japanese government is planning to microwave the entire city population into melted goo just to stop a demon invasion, the demons want to extend their dominion to the entire planet, and the angels want to do the same. All the above said, this is one terrifying game, and the worst part of all... is that this game somehow [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids got past the ratings board with a Teen rating!]]

** What is especially terrifying about this scene is that this is a ''realistic portrayal'' of a suicidal person. As stated several times in this wiki, particularly in UsefulNotes/{{Suicide}} and StepfordSmiler/RealLife StepfordSmiler, a suicidal person may suddenly become happy once they have decided to go through with it.

* Keisuke after he gains Yama and decides to judge the guilty. His actions are reminiscent of Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei's typical [[LightIsNotGood Law]] [[KnightTemplar alignment]], and his sudden shift from "quiet and reserved" to "so full of rage and hatred you can see it on his face" is pretty terrifying.

* Everyone, including ''[[HarmToMinors children]]'', are trapped in a military-enforced circle with no way to leave without being killed by said military. Even members of the military who become COMP users are thrown in with the rest of the civilians.

** The artwork of the policemen in both games have ObviouslyEvil creepy red eyes and a SlasherSmile! You can't rely on the [[SarcasmMode friendly neighborhood police]] to save you now! ([[NightmareRetardant Slightly mitigated in the second game]], when there are no corrupt policemen with [=COMPs=] trying to kill you [[ForTheEvulz for shits and giggles).

* This game shows the truth of what would happen if you gave humans access to powerful Mons with no supervision or enforcement to keep things in order. The result is not pretty.
* The premise of the game is horrifying: you are trapped within Tokyo with little food or water for an entire week while demons roam around doing as they please?
** The humans are far more frightening than the demons. It takes less than a week before they start to use demons to get what they want. Even the police aren't above killing to survive or just for fun. With the concepts of law and order gone, some of the police officers [[PoliceBrutality take advantage of their positions]] and their [=COMPs=] to murder and rob some civilians.
** The artwork of the policemen in both games have ObviouslyEvil creepy red eyes and a SlasherSmile! You can't rely on the [[SarcasmMode friendly neighborhood police]] to save you now! ([[NightmareRetardant Slightly mitigated in the second game]], when there are no corrupt policemen with [=COMPs=] trying to kill you [[ForTheEvulz for shits and giggles.]] [[OhCrap Unlike the first.]])
** The Delinquent Thugs are a pretty nasty bunch, using demons from their [=COMPS=] to attack anyone who even looks at them wrong. Some tried to gang up on Midori and implied they planned on raping her.
* Everyone, including ''children'', are trapped in a military-enforced circle with no way to leave without being killed by said military. Even members of the military who become COMP users are thrown in with the rest of the civilians.
* Keisuke after he gains Yama and decides to judge the guilty. His actions are reminiscent of Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei's typical [[LightIsNotGood Law]] alignment. His sudden shift from "quiet and reserved" to "so full of rage and hatred you can see it on his face" is pretty terrifying.
* Part of what makes ''Devil Survivor'' so dark and horrifying is that it treats the Lockdown's effects on Tokyo ''extremely'' realistically. We are shown in graphic detail how one of the largest, most populated cities in the world is completely cut off from the outside world. Food and water begin to be in short supply on ''the first day'', and by the third day, any forms of supplies are virtually nonexistent. The SDF are utterly unable to contain the increasingly desperate and volatile citizens, and by the fourth day, mass riots ensue. Even from the second or third day, increasingly simple access to easy summoning devices has transformed Tokyo into a warzone. Let that sink in. It takes Tokyo's society ''less than a week'' to descend into complete anarchy.
** What also does not help is that this happens in [[JapanesePoliteness a country where its people in general are considered to be one of the politest, most orderly, and calmest on the planet]], most notably shown during the Tohoku Earthquake of 2011. If even the Japanese get desperate enough to start riots in the above scenario, then things would be even more screwed for, say, [[FrenchJerk the French]] [[note]]who love to go on strike and hold protests all the time in general[[/note]] with a Boulevarde Peripherique lockdown. Or, say, Americans [[note]]and with their love of carrying guns[[/note]] with a Manhattan/Chicago Loop/Bay Area lockdown.
* At one point in ''VideoGame/DevilSurvivor'', you are allowed to do one of three things with Haru after she runs off on her own, after she hints strongly that she plans to commit suicide. At a specific time during the day, you can choose to ignore her and let her commit suicide, talk to her and calm her down, or... talk her into it, and affirm that she is indeed worthless, her despair is her own fault, and her situation is impossible, and it's hopeless, and everyone is going to die. If you choose the last option, she will show gratitude to you, and then run off to incite the SDF into shooting her dead so she no longer is in pain. Which they do. The next day, your COMP will tell you, as part of its news, that a young girl not carrying identification attacked SDF soldiers, who were forced to shoot her until she was dead. While you never see Haru die, you do see the despair in her face right before she accepts suicide as the only solution, and, to really bring it home, her gratitude for you giving the solution she needs to ending her impossible guilt and sadness is genuine. Have fun trying to console the already-hysterical Yuzu after that, because she will never let you forget it.

* The Escape/Yuzu ending. [[BreakTheCutie Yuzu is so broken down]] by everything you've gone through that she ''begs'' you to ScrewDestiny and break through the lockdown, despite knowing the consequences. "There's no way they would go that far, right?" During the escape attempt, you're pitted against all the defenders while desperately trying to stop what's coming. And when you make it out... [[FromBadToWorse you discover]] the world outside's no better, specifically because God decides to just destroy everyone in Tokyo and enslave the human race forever with an army of Angels if you leave. Congratulations, ''[[YouBastard you]]'' just personally ushered in a CrapsackWorld! To top it off, formerly stoic Honda [[DespairEventHorizon is so completely broken]] that he ''thanks'' you for creating this new world, sporting a SlasherSmile the whole time.

* Thanks be to the cartoony graphics, you'd be fooled into thinking this game [[SugarApocalypse dilutes most of its own horror]]. Not really. You get to watch many people getting murdered, parts of the city start resembling FireAndBrimstoneHell, and the monsters that started off cute gradually start getting more and more nightmarish in appearance. Also, add in the fact you have a literal Death Clock hanging over the heads of EVERYONE that most have to fight unspeakable horrors to prolong for brief stretches of time, AND the facts that the Japanese government is planning to microwave the entire city population into melted goo just to stop a demon invasion, the demons want to extend their dominion to the entire planet, and the angels want to do the same. All the above said, this is one terrifying game, and the worst part of all... is that this game somehow [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids got past the ratings board with a Teen rating!]]

* Don't think that the SuperDeformed art style used on maps is going to save you from seeing {{Family Unfriendly Death}}s. No, you get to see several characters bite it on-screen, complete with blood! Hell, [[ArtStyleDissonance the artstyle makes these deaths even worse]].

* Don't think that the SuperDeformed art style used on maps is going to save you from seeing {{Family Unfriendly Death}}s. No, you get to see several characters bite it on the screen, complete with blood coming out! Hell, [[ArtStyleDissonance the "chibi" art style makes these deaths even worse]].

* Part of what makes ''Devil Survivor'' so dark and horrifying is that it treats the Lockdown's effects on Tokyo ''extremely'' realistically. We are shown in graphic detail how one of the largest, most populated cities in the world is completely cut off from the outside world. Food and water begin to be in short supply on ''the first day'', and by the third day, any forms of supplies are virtually nonexistent. The SDF are utterly unable to contain the increasingly desperate and volatile citizens, and by the fourth day, mass riots ensue. Even from the second or third day, increasingly simple access to easy summoning devices has transformed Tokyo into a warzone. Let that sink in. It takes Tokyo's society ''less then a week'' to descend into complete anarchy.

* AdultFear: Everyone, including ''children'', are trapped in a military-enforced circle with no way to leave without being killed by said military. Even members of the military who become COMP users are thrown in with the rest of the civilians.

* The Escape/Yuzu ending. [[BreakTheCutie Yuzu is so broken down]] by everything you've gone through that she ''begs'' you to ScrewDestiny and break through the lockdown, despite knowing the consequences. "There's no way they would go that far, right?" During the escape attempt, you're pitted against all the defenders while desperately trying to stop what's coming. And when you make it out... [[FromBadToWorse you discover]] the world outside's no better, specifically because God decides to just destroy everyone in Tokyo and enslave the human race forever with an army of Angels if you leave. Congratulations, ''[[YouBastard you]]'' just personally ushered in a CrapsackWorld! To top it off, formerly stoic Honda [[DespairEventHorizon is so completely broken]] that he ''thanks'' you for creating this new world, sporting a SlasherSmile the whole time.]]

** The Delinquent Thugs are a pretty nasty bunch, using demons from their [==COMPS==] to attack anyone who even looks at them wrong. Some tried to gang up on Midori and implied they planned on raping her.

* This game shows the truth of what would happen if you gave humans access to powerful Mons with no supervision or enforcement to keep things in order. The result is not pretty.

** The humans are far more frightening than the demons. It takes less than a week before they start to use demons to get what they want. Even the police aren't above killing to survive. With the concepts of law and order gone, some of the police officers [[PoliceBrutality take advantage of their positions]] and their [=COMPs=] to murder some civilians.

* AdultFear: Everyone, including ''children'', are trapped in a military circle with no way to leave without being killed by said military.

* This game shows the truth of what would happen if you gave humans access to powerful Mons. The result is not pretty.

* The Escape/Yuzu ending. [[BreakTheCutie Yuzu is so broken down]] by everything you've gone through that she ''begs'' you to ScrewDestiny and break through the lockdown, despite knowing the consequences. "There's no way they would go that far, right?" During the escape attempt, you're pitted against all the defenders while desperately trying to stop what's coming. And when you make it out... [[FromBadToWorse you discover]] the world outside's no better. Congratulations, ''[[YouBastard you]]'' just personally ushered in a CrapsackWorld! To top it off, formerly stoic Honda [[DespairEventHorizon is so completely broken]] that he ''thanks'' you for creating this new world, sporting a SlasherSmile the whole time.]]

* At one point in ''VideoGame/DevilSurvivor'', you are allowed to do one of three things with Haru after she runs off on her own, after she hints strongly that she plans to [[spoiler:commit suicide. At a specific time during the day, you can choose to ignore her and let her commit suicide, talk to her and calm her down, or... talk her into it, and affirm that she is indeed worthless, her despair is her own fault, and her situation is impossible, and it's hopeless, and everyone is going to die. If you choose the last option, she will show gratitude to you, and then run off to incite the SDF into shooting her dead so she no longer is in pain. Which they do. The next day, your COMP will tell you, as part of its news, that a young girl not carrying identification attacked SDF soldiers, who were forced to shoot her until she was dead. While you never see Haru die, you do see the despair in her face right before she accepts suicide as the only solution, and, to really bring it home, her gratitude for you giving the solution she needs to ending her impossible guilt and sadness is genuine.]] Have fun trying to console the already-hysterical Yuzu after that, because she will never let you forget it.
** What is especially terrifying about this scene is that this is a ''realistic portrayal'' [[spoiler:of a suicidal person. As stated several times in this wiki, particularly in UsefulNotes/{{Suicide}} and StepfordSmiler/RealLife StepfordSmiler, a suicidal person may suddenly become happy once they have decided to go through with it.]]
* The [[spoiler: Escape/Yuzu]] ending. [[spoiler: [[BreakTheCutie Yuzu is so broken down]] by everything you've gone through that she ''begs'' you to ScrewDestiny and break through the lockdown, despite knowing the consequences. "There's no way they would go that far, right?" During the escape attempt, you're pitted against all the defenders while desperately trying to stop what's coming. And when you make it out... [[FromBadToWorse you discover]] the world outside's no better. Congratulations, ''[[YouBastard you]]'' just personally ushered in a CrapsackWorld! To top it off, formerly stoic Honda [[DespairEventHorizon is so completely broken]] that he ''thanks'' you for creating this new world, sporting a SlasherSmile the whole time.]]
** However, if you're playing ''[[UpdatedRerelease Overclocked]]'' and move on to [[spoiler:Yuzu]]'s [[PlayableEpilogue 8th Day]], you'll be able to [[ScrewDestiny screw THAT destiny]] as well, as you can still [[TheAtoner make up for your mistake]] and [[EarnYourHappyEnding wrench a happy ending out of this hellhole.]] You end up fixing or finding solutions for most, if not all, of the main problems, effectively turning the DownerEnding into one of the happier ones. Though unfortunately, [[spoiler:you [[DespairEventHorizon can't]] [[SanitySlippage do]] [[DealWithTheDevil anything]] [[FateWorseThanDeath for]] [[PapaWolf Honda.]]]]
* Thanks be to the cartoony graphics, you'd be fooled into thinking this game [[SugarApocalypse dilutes most of it own horror]]. Not really. You get to watch many people getting murdered, parts of the city start resembling FireAndBrimstoneHell, and the monsters that started off cute gradually start getting more and more [[NightmareFuel nightmarish]] in appearance. Also, add in the fact you have a literal Death Clock hanging over the heads of EVERYONE that most have to fight unspeakable horrors to prolong for brief stretches of time, AND the facts that [[spoiler: the Japanese government is planning to microwave the entire city population into melted goo just to stop a demon invasion, the demons want to extend their dominion to the entire planet, and the angels want to do the same.]] All the above said, this is one terrifying game, and the worst part of all... is that this game somehow [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids got past the ratings board with a Teen rating!]]
* The way the government [[spoiler: would deal with everyone within the Yamanote loop, if the demons cannot be retained or destroyed. They'll use the UEM field, which would basically '''cook you alive''']].
* The moment in the manga where everyone's trying to sleep to prepare for the battle against the three remaining barrier guardians. [[spoiler:Loki barges in and cheerfully drops the still-bloodied heads of said guardians, the skies of Tokyo fully open up into the demon world, and colossal demons like Lucifer and Nyarlathotep descend upon the city.]]

** The artwork of the policemen in both games have ObviouslyEvil creepy red eyes and a SlasherSmile! You can't rely on the [[SarcasmMode friendly neighborhood police]] to save you now! ([[NightmareRetardant Slightly mitigated in the second game]], when there are no corrupt policemen with COMPs trying to kill you [[ForTheEvulz for shits and giggles.]] [[OhCrap Unlike the first.]])

** What also does not help is that this happens in [[JapanesePoliteness a country where its people in general are considered to be one of the politest, most orderly, and calmest on the planet]], most notably shown during the Tohoku Earthquake of 2011. If even the Japanese get desperate enough to start riots in the above scenario, then thing would be even more screwed for, say, [[FrenchJerk the French]] [[note]]who love to go on strike and hold protests all the time in general[[/note]] with a Boulevarde Peripherique lockdown. Or, say, Americans [[note]]and with their love of carrying guns[[/note]] with a Manhattan/Chicago Loop/Bay Area lockdown.

** What is especially terrifying about this scene is that this is a ''realistic portrayal'' [[spoiler:of a suicidal person. As stated several times in this wiki, particularly in UsefulNotes/{{Suicide}} and RealLife RealLife/StepfordSmiler, a suicidal person may suddenly become happy once they have decided to go through with it.]]

** What also does not help is that this happens in [[JapanesePoliteness a country where its people in general are considered to be one of the politest, most orderly, and calmest on the planet]], most notably shown during the Tohoku Earthquake of 2011. If even the Japanese get desperate enough to start riots in the above scenario, then thing would be even more screwed for, say, [[FrenchJerks the French]] [[note]]who love to go on strike and hold protests all the time in general[[/note]] with a Boulevarde Peripherique lockdown. Or, say, Americans [[note]]and with their love of carrying guns[[/note]] with a Manhattan/Chicago Loop/Bay Area lockdown.

** What also does not help is that this happens in [[JapanesePoliteness a country where its people in general are considered to be one of the politest, most orderly, and calmest on the planet]], most notably shown during the Tohoku Earthquake of 2011. If even the Japanese get desperate enough to start riots in the above scenario, then thing would be even more screwed for [[FrenchJerks the French]] [[note]]who love to go on strike and hold protests all the time in general[[/note]] with a Boulevarde Peripherique lockdown. Or [[Eagleland Americans]] [[note]]and with their love of carrying guns[[/note]] with a Manhattan/Chicago Loop/Bay Area lockdown.

** What also does not help is that this happens in [[JapanesePoliteness a country where its people in general are considered to be one of the politest, most orderly, and calmest people on the planet]], most notably shown during the Tohoku Earthquake of 2011. If even Tokyoites/Japanese people gets desperate enough to start riots in the above scenario, then imagine a a similar case in Paris [[note]]where people go on strike all the time[[/note]] with a Boulevarde Peripherique lockdown. Or Athens/Madrid/Rome [[note]]where they had a fair share of the anti-austerity riots and protests, not helped by the recent government instability[[/note]]. Or any American city [[note]]with all of the protests between Trump supporters and opponents, coupled with more opportunities to bring guns in[[/note]].

** What also does not help is that this happens in [[JapanesePoliteness a country where its people in general are considered to be one of the politest, most orderly, and calmest people on the planet]], most notably shown during the Tohoku Earthquake of 2011. If even Tokyoites/Japanese people gets desperate enough to start riots in the above scenario, then imagine similar scenarios in cities '''outside of Japan''' without the Tokyo-level of orderliness/restraint: like Mumbai, Shanghai, Sydney, New York, London, Paris, Madrid...