Didn't have to do the 3 minigames? Mission 4.

[theonematt]

In mission 4 I've observed others on Youtube having to complete 3 minigames to speak to Samuels. For some reason I was able to just press the action key when I reached the computer and the cutscene started up. Any idea why my playthrough didn't require the minigames?

[dcshoe]

I didn't have to play them, either, and as far as I'm concerned that's the way it should be. The mini-games weren't a great idea to start with, and skipping them is great. Having said that, I generally play off-line because of ISP issues and I don't play for competition; that might possibly affect the way the game plays out.

[eriktorbjorn]

Originally posted by Matt:

Any idea why my playthrough didn't require the minigames?

When you get close to the communications console, you hear Samuels call out, "Hello? Is anyone there? If anyone can hear this we need help. Repeat we need help urgently. Please respond." Usually, the message will stop after a while and you'll hear one of the Working Joes say, "Log and store recording. Seegson access only." I think that's when the minigames are activated.

So my guess - I haven't tried this myself - is that you reached the console before the Working Joe could get there. Or you had killed it before it could get there.

[BaldricksTrousers]

When you go through the right hand doorway from the main part of communications, you trigger an event when you hear Samuels' communication. i.e. "Hello? Is anyone there? If anyone can hear this we need help. Repeat we need help urgently. Please respond."

When that happens, a Working Joe leaves the room to your right, makes his way through the Human Recreation Area to the Local Comms control room. There, he turns off Samuels' call at the console and locks it down before returning to his original control room.

If you beat that Working Joe to the Local Comms console, you do not have to hack it by performing the three minigames. If the Joe gets there first, you have to unlock the console by doing the three hacks.

[Retronaut]

Thanks, y'all!

Adds yet another layer to this amazing game!