History VideoGame / DeathAndTaxes

*** You can find a profile for [[LetsPlay/{{Markiplier}} Mark F. Plier]]. In this universe he's an engineer and aspiring film director.

** [[spoiler:On the final day of the Usurper route, you're given Fate's profile.]]

** When you start a New Game Plus, you'll get an abbreviated version of the opening cutscene leading up to your Reaper's creation, or you can skip the cutscene entirely and get to work rightaway.

* BilingualBonus: The FlavorText when you mouse over the lamp has a chance to be [=Γενηθήτω φώς=], which according to Website/{{Wikipedia}} is part of the Greek translation of the phrase "let there be light" from [[Literature/TheBible Genesis 1:3]].

* BilingualBonus: The FlavorText when you mouse over the lamp has a chance to be [=Γενηθήτω φώς=], which according to {{Wiki/Wikipedia}} is part of the Greek translation of the phrase "let there be light" from [[Literature/TheBible Genesis 1:3]].

* PointyHairedBoss: Fate, who has a cat as his second-in-command, and spends your evaluation meetings contemplating becoming an author. [[spoiler:This is intentional, as he hates his job and wants it to end, by any means necessary.]]

* AdamSmithHatesYourGuts: Each time you purchase a Lethean Obliviator, the price for the next one increases to a max of $2000 each.

* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: A lot of the game is DeliberatelyMonochrome, but Fate's bowtie and dialogue are yellow, and his cat's collar and "dialogue" are blue.

* DisasterDominoes:

** somewhat downplayed if you talk to the member of the plant department who shows up in the Cerberus' Den the day before said breakdown, [[spoiler: with enough prodding he reveals that they were planning on unleashing a fungus that would cause a full on zombie apocalypse, without the approval of upper management]] It can be inferred that the breakdown of the plant department likely had to do with the fallout from that plot resulting in upper management 'discipling' the plant department; leaving you to pick up the slack.

* ResurrectiveImmortality: When working in the office you may come across an interesting individual; since no matter how many times you sign them off to die they will simply keep coming back [[WhyWontYouDie with their profile writer getting more and more confused and frustrated every time]]. After bringing up the problem with Fate [[CassandraTruth (in which he wont believe you and thinks you're joking)]] you and the profile writer come to the conclusion that he's an immortal demon, [[MundaneUtility who uses his never ending life to modify bicycles for as long as he wants.]] There's an achievement for discovering this oddity.

** In addition to your smartphone updates regarding previous impacts and upcoming events, you can collect several widgets that help remove the obfuscations involved with how your choices impact the world. The snowglobe gives you a brief overview on the world's parameters, while the lamp shows how sparing or killing an individual (if you've done so before) will influence each of the world's aspects. The latter also remembers your decisions across separate playthroughs.

** Sparing or killing certain individuals can trigger a small storyline to play out across multiple days in other profiles. For example, sparing one vagrant obsessed with sin will cause him to build a cult whose members and relatives end up on Grim's desk.

* TooAwesomeToUse: The Lethean Obliviator vanishes after use. You can purchase a new one from Mortimer, but he'll only restock after you use your current one, and its price increases with each purchase.