Funny Mass Effect Clip Shows Shepard’s Training Going Horribly Wrong

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EA's Mass Effect series has seen massive success and its fans remain fervent despite it being several years since the last new entry to the franchise. Most fans can likely agree that Commander Shepard, the protagonist of the first three Mass Effect games, is a huge part of why the series is so popular.

Shepard is many things, including an extraordinary fighter. The player is constantly tasked with using Shepard's skills and abilities to surpass everything from common fire fights to the Reapers bringing about mass extinction, which makes this particular clip of Shepard uncharacteristically failing hard at their firearms training so funny.

Hilarious Mass Effect Clip Shows Commander Shepard Walking in Wrong Direction

The short clip of Commander Shepard's huge mistake was shared by GoldStig101 on Reddit. Commander Shepard is standing at the firing range, and everything seems to be going normally until she pulls a fragmentation grenade out of her inventory and chucks it at the shooting target. Unfortunately for Shepard, the game features fairly realistic combat physics, and the grenade promptly bounces off of the target, flies back towards Shepard, bounces off the ledge closing off the shooting gallery, and then plunks down next to Shepard's feet.

Shepard glances down at the grenade for just a split second before it explodes and the video promptly ends. The perfectly cut video is hilarious not only for the huge mistake this combat hero has made, but also because fans get to imagine their own results after the mess-up. Commenters on the video seem to be highly amused, with many comparing Shepard's legendary status as a brilliant fighter to this accident. Others lamented the loss of the frisbee or discus-like grenades that were