Indie developer Outsider Games have announced their new game with comic book-inspired aesthetics Tax-Force. Its gamplay is being described as an action rogue-lite and political sim mashup where players weigh up morality-based policies and economic strategy as they hunt down tax-evading mutant billionaires and reinvest in society.

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The Galaxy is in debt. In a final, desperate attempt to save the planet from bankruptcy, and prevent the shutdown of Farset13’s Solar Shield, you are invited to lead Tax-Force - an elite department of heavily armed Treasurers granted emergency powers to hunt down billionaire mutant tax evaders.

You have just 7 days to fight your way through their defences, negotiate repayments and clear the debt directly, or reinvest in your city to grow the economy before the planet burns to a crisp.

Features of Tax-Force include:

• Melee Combat - a focus on tough, close-range combat, with hand-drawn, rogue-lite biomes that remix with every run.
• Mutant Powers - Specials inspired by superhero mutant powers. Astral Projection! Metal Man! Optical Blasts!
• Strategy and Morality - Negotiate with targets to affect the economy, narrative and gameplay on each run. Every decision challenges players to choose between sci-fi metaphors for socialist vs capitalist economic policies.
• Rebuild - As you reinvest in society, the gameplay reacts. Price and potency of healing responds to public or private investment in healthcare. Weapons and criminal activity adjust as you increase defence spend, while new bridges and paths appear as you invest in infrastructure.
• Branching Narrative - Every decision leads to narrative consequences for the Farset13 citizens, as their stories are guided by your choices, and the city organically grows and changes around them.
• Timeloop - Death activates your time-travelling mutant power, sending you back to Day 1, armed with knowledge of your enemies and the consequences of your actions.
• Stunning Visuals - Gorgeous, hand-drawn comic book art style inspired by Jim Lee and 90’s X-men comics.

Tax-Force is planned for a release on PC but no release window has been made public.

SOURCE: GBAtemp Inbox

 

[PopcornSweetie]

Non-copyrighted dinosaur collab when?

 

[Axido]

If working in tax consultancy taught me anything, it is that this game is way more appealing than working in tax consultancy, no matter what the game's actually like.

And to be honest, it looks quite interesting.

 

[ZDA]

Title of the game threw me off at first but that actually looks really fun. Reminds me a bit of 2d Metroid games

 

[Snintendog]

no thanks why be a tax collector when you can play yoshi evading them.

 

[MarkDarkness]

Huh. I might give it a try.

 

[Metoroid0]

If you don't pay your TAX, they will FORCE you!

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Title of the game threw me off at first but that actually looks really fun. Reminds me a bit of 2d Metroid games

Guacamelee

 

[JaapDaniels]

Overated MEH.