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Death and Taxes

Moby ID: 142771
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$12.99 new on Steam
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Official Description (Ad Blurb)

In this small Indie, 2D, narrative-based game, you take the role of the Grim Reaper... on an office job. Your job is to decide which people are going to live or die. Your choices will affect the world around you. Keep the chaos away or foil plots to destroy the world and rise through the ranks of Reapers all the way up to MIDDLE-MANAGEMENT, wow!

Death and Taxes is a game in the vein of narrative-based indie titles, such as "Papers, Please", "Reigns", "Beholder" and "Animal Inspector", to name a few. The consequences of your choices are yours to bear, while the mystery of your incarnation awaits revelation!

  • Have a.. totally normal.. office job
  • Talk to your boss
  • Get monies
  • Buy stuff from Mortimer’s Plunder Emporium(?)
  • Decorate your desk
  • Do some paperwork
  • Pet the cat??
  • Stare in the mirror and talk to yourself
  • Don’t let the existential dread set in
  • DONT LET IT SET IN (ONLY THE FATE OF HUMANKIND IS IN YOUR HANDS, IT'S 100% OK)
  • Listen to that one really catchy tune in the elevator

Features:

  • Meaningful choices
  • Branching storyline with multiple [SECRET] endings
  • Make-Your-Own-Grim-Reaper!
  • Fully voiced NPCs
  • Original Soundtrack
  • Original artwork featuring watercolour graphics
  • Dialogue options
  • Upgrade shop
  • Twitch integration!

Coming February 2020.

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Source: Steam Store Description

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Average score: 75% (based on 1 ratings)

Players

Average score: 3.5 out of 5 (based on 4 ratings with 1 reviews)

Death and Taxes

The Good
I found its unique gameplay—players as Grim Reapers, making life-and-death choices based on diverse criteria, revitalizing simulation, to be a fun a fresh experience. You'll be making profound decisions and get caught in moral dilemmas; both where choices carry narrative weight. I enjoyed the hand-drawn art and atmospheric soundtrack me. Great writing—humorous, witty, thought-provoking—enriched interactions. Despite light-hearted surface, game delved into emotional, philosophical themes. Works well for short play sessions as the game itself isn't very long and begs to be replayed for different results.

Top/best qualities:

  1. Unique Gameplay Concept
  2. Meaningful Choices
  3. Art Style and Atmosphere
  4. Narrative Depth
  5. Replayability
  6. Accessibility
  7. Engaging Writing
  8. Low Barrier to Entry
  9. Emotional Impact
  10. Short Play Sessions

    The Bad
    In my first 3.5 hours of gameplay, I replayed the entire game many times. This was to see different outcomes and to obtain various achievements (both of which I highly recommend). Had I not done this, it would have seemed very light in content. If you can deal with all of that, then you've got a fine game with a lot of charm and good humor.

Bottom/worst qualities:

  1. Repetitive Gameplay
  2. Shallow Gameplay
  3. Narrative Predictability
  4. Lack of Clear Impact
  5. Expected to Replay
  6. Pacing Issues

    The Bottom Line
    A worthwhile experience but come with the expectation that you will need to play it through several times in order to squeeze it for the content that it holds.

Windows · by WONDERなパン (16704) · 2023

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Game added by Sciere.

Nintendo Switch added by Kam1Kaz3NL77.

Game added February 22, 2020. Last modified September 20, 2023.