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STAFF REVIEW of ConnecTank (Xbox One)


Sunday, October 17, 2021.
by Heather Webster

ConnecTank Box art What do you get when you combine warehousing, shipping/receiving and bosses with unrealistic job requests? You get ConnecTank! Start your career with Fat Cat Shipping Inc. as a new delivery driver for Finneas Fat Cat the XV, the biggest tyrant in New Pangea. Being a courier is not always an easy job, and I would know given my day job, but If I got to drive mega destructive tanks at work I might have more fun with it. However, having to build your conveyor system inside your tank, assembling your ammo based on provided blueprints and protecting your tank can lead to things becoming quite chaotic.

This super cute puzzle/strategy game, based out of Indonesia, comes from developers YummyYummyTummy Inc and Tamatin Entertainment, also featuring the comedic writings of famed writer Patrick Baker from Regular Show. This game also brings me back to the original game Pipedream. This game has a lot of humor packed with over 100 missions.



Based in the 23rd century, take control of your huge tank and maintain its operation while driving, assembling ammo and firing at your enemy. Gain rewards for completing task deliveries from your client and drive through deserts, forests and frozen tundra. No two journeys will be the same, connect your tanks conveyor system, follow blueprints to build your ammo and watch it travel the conveyor and be fired at your enemy. Beware of invaders in your tank that attack your conveyor and your ammo components, this is where having up to four players in multiplayer mode may come in handy, as you may need the help.

ConnecTank can be played quickly but chaotically, as each level may take five minutes or less to complete so long as you can plan yourself accordingly, so take a few seconds before starting the level to see where your start and end point is to help yourself get setup quickly, as your opponent has the same process, so pay attention to what is happening there as well. As you defeat opponents you obtain parts of their tanks to unlock new tanks for you to use, be aware that each tank has levels to finish as well.

As you play more levels and gain more coins, you can use that money to invest in new technology, kind of like an in-game version of Kickstarter called "GoTankMe!" where you invest in upgrades. For each prototype that you invest in you receive a free one to try out in your next gig, and once you invest it will now be an option to use in battle. This is how you upgrade your ammo and increase the number of modifications to your tank that give you boosts to help against your enemies or tech eating creatures that invade. These invaders can randomly appear or show up if you create ammo and it cannot make it the full length of your conveyor due to damage or lack of connection.



As you navigate and play through ConnecTank you meet new characters who help you throughout. Like when you meet Shan, he gives you the option to buy ammo, upgrade ammo or discard ammo. Not sure yet why you would discard ammo, but maybe that’ll come up later. Upgrading the ammo is pretty sweet and quite useful. You can upgrade any and all of your basic ammo, it just costs coins. This lasts the length of the gig, but once you start a new gig you start with your original ammo. If you lose a battle you forfeit the gig and lose money. It seems to be based on how many bots you destroy before losing.

The graphics and soundtrack are equally as cute as the game. With an art style that reminds me of the Miyazaki film "The Cat Returns", and a soundtrack that reminds me of something out of a cute anime show, I was left feeling bubbly and happy while playing. At some points I found myself kind of dancing along like I did the first time I heard the Super Mario Bros theme song.


I had a lot of fun trying ConnecTank in local multiplayer with my wife because we could really help each other out by communicating what scrap we were throwing next, what was needed or if there was a hole in the tank one of us could go fix it and still create ammo at the same time. A downside that my wife and I discovered was that when we played the game together, the save data only saved to one of our profiles, so when the other wanted to continue solo, the data wasn’t available and was started where that profile was last saved at. So, keep that in mind if playing locally.

ConnecTank is priced at $38.99 CAD, and while I feel that to be a little steep of a price, if you consider the number of levels and everything that comes along with that such as its addictive gameplay, you might disagree with me, but I did have a lot of fun working for Finneas Fat Cat the XV and wanted to keep going regardless. ConnecTank is cute, fun and a little bit stressful, also reminding me of being at work, only I’m not getting paid. I really like the character of Finneas Fat Cat the XV and the other big wigs that give you gigs to do because of the tongue-in-cheek sense of humour, like when Finneas mentions that he could destroy a scratching post out of frustration.




Overall: 7.0 / 10
Gameplay: 7.0 / 10
Visuals: 7.0 / 10
Sound: 7.0 / 10

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