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Learn more- When a cultist group called the Shomonkai begins experimenting with Demon Summoning, causing Demons to begin appearing in Tokyo, the government responds by initiating a lock-down of the area inside the Yamanote Line, a train line that encircles a section of Tokyo. Other than the Demons, the Abrahamic God, YHWH, also has a hand in the lock-down, reasoning that humanity attempting to use demons for their own ends means they must be put through God's Ordeal.
Meanwhile, three high-school friends, Yuzu Tanikawa, Atsuro Kihara, and a Protagonist named by the player, are given a COMP each (a portable multimedia device that resembles the 3DS) by the Protagonist's cousin, Naoya, each equipped with some odd features. Chiefly, there's the Demon Summoning Program, which allows the three of them to form contracts with demons, and fight on even terms with them. The Government's lock-down is to ensure no COMPs escape the Yamanote Line.
Other features of the COMPs include the Laplace Mail, a prophetic mail received at the start of the day, which lists negative events that will happen over the day, along with times and number of casualties. Additionally, the party leader of each group of COMP users (in this case the Protagonist) gains the ability to see how many days anyone has left to live (ranging from "0", will die today, to no number, having 10 days or more), thanks to the Laplace Mail.
Nobody in the Yamanote Line has more than a week to live.
Depending on choices made throughout the in-game week, various supporting characters will either live or die (tying into the game's theme of survival). Depending on who survives, the player can choose who's plan to end the lock-down they'll assist with, with the major choice happening at the end of the 6th Day. The plans range from escaping the lock-down with Yuzu (the worst ending), becoming the king of demons with Naoya (the chaos ending), becoming the angel's messiah with Shomonkai member Amane (the law ending), or simply banishing the Demons from the human world (one of the neutral endings). In all cases, in one way or another, the lock-down ends.
Regardless of who you choose to help (with the exception of the escape option), the Protagonist is required to defeat other demons fighting over the "Throne of Bel", a position that references many demons or gods across many religions with Bel in their name (among them Jezebel, Belial, Belberith, and the Tower of Babel). The protagonist is able to claim this power due to being a reincarnation of Abel (A Bel) from Judeo-Christian faith.
Finally, Overclocked adds three "8th Days" to three of the routes from the original game, (Yuzu's, Naoya's, and Amane's). The three endings selected represent neutrality, law, and chaos (a common motif in Shin Megami Tensei games), whilst also being the three endings where demons weren't either fully tamed, or banished outright.
Yuzu's 8th Day involves returning to the lock-down, after realizing that escaping leads to a future where demons rule the entire Earth. Yuzu and the Protagonist take responsibility for their actions (a major recurring motif in Shin Megami Tensei) and depending on player choices, may manage to restore the world to its state before Demons were summoned and God's Ordeal began, ending the lock-down for good.
Naoya's 8th Day involves ending the lock-down for good, as YHWH is still holding it down, displeased that the Protagonist has become a demon lord. YHWH manipulates the public to attempt to kill the Protagonist, promising to end the lock-down if he dies. The player is given the choice of killing the humans who oppose them, or sparing them and showing that their real enemy is YHWH, leading to two variants on this ending. In either case, the lock-down is over for good, and the Protagonist is preparing to fight YHWH on His own turf.
Amane's 8th Day involves hunting down the remaining humans who refuse to hand over their COMPs at the end of the lock-down. Among other plot points, the Protagonist (now the Messiah) proves to YHWH that sinners can regain their sense of remorse (lessening the totalitarianism of the original Law Ending), and prove to Okuninushi (the guardian deity of Japan) that despite handing the country over to YHWH, with the Protagonist around, Japan is in good hands.
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