"I'm Commander Shepard and this is my favorite punch on the Citadel."

I'm calling shenanigans Jo, you can't use that title and NOT make the strip about romancing Tali.

@That guy: endings sucked no matter what perspective, period.

Retake Mass Effect ._.

I think everyone beat or spoiled the end now...

replaying the game as full renegade, the only challenge here was to make sure I punched her TWICE

[url=#user_comment_123412]@wkz[/url] Don't want to point out retcons because I don't want to give away spoilers. All I'll say is, the Reapers' motivation is incredibly stupid. Also for point two, doesn't matter, there still should be a true neutral choice in any real RPG.

Reminds me of the annoying dude in Baldur's gate. He'll walk up to you and start a conversation out of nowhere, opening the chat windows, all the time. Try to not beat him up, and he'll reward you with experience points. (apparently, KO'ing him with prismatic spray doesn't count as an attack...)

I managed to pass this challenge. But at the same time, I'm an equal opportunity employer and will take any comers, be they turian, krogan, salarian, or vicious mercenaries.

Realistically you just fucked up your entire reputation and will loose supporters everywhere. Great job commander!

Of course, seeing as how I have not completed the game... my opinion is subject to change.

@Adeptus Enginus:
poor storytelling - have not complete, good so far.
retcons - ?
lack of choices - the old "neutral" choice is actually the paragon choice almost all the time.
further dumbed down RPG elements - actually, a bit better than ME2.
poor endings - have not, as said above, completed

she really is a hateful reporter isn't she.

OMG!!! TOTALLY HAD THIS MOMENT!!! LOLZ

I thought the endings were amazing from a litterature perspective

How Bioware can make such an Epic game and then ruin it with a single (ok 3) crappy cutscene ending I will never know.

A shame you can't kill her with your omni-blade. I'm pretty sure that replaced all melee attacks?

I want to see how Jo handles the ending.

He should just shake up some bottles of mountain dew and have it explode on EDI.

Fan service and pointed satire at the same time!

The reporter was just scared and angry. What happens when you dont punch her?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yctxb5tIFoQ

Yay for war assets!

YOU RUINED MASS EFFECT.... WHY!!!?!?!!?!?!?!?!?!1!!!

[url=#user_comment_123312]@Jetpack[/url] From what I've seen, poor storytelling, retcons, lack of choices (some dialog wheels only have 2 choices on them, lacking neutral options), further dumbed down RPG elements and atrociously poor endings (I've seen all 3, they deserve the hate) would be the causes.

Actually it was that Quarian Admiral that was much harder for me not to smash the renegade interrupt on.

And ok, that one part towards the endgame was the one time I really gave in, but everyone who plays knows that fucker deserved that all too well.

Wow people really seem to hate ME3.

http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/mass-effect-3

is the ending really that bad?
Seems like DA2 all over again

You should make a walk-through series or you play ME3

Totally worth it. Bitch.

Look she lost 1% yup?It means(spoiler) counter-atack from this bitch was successful:)

Why does the archive title say 'Pokemon'?

IT was totaly funny in 3.It was just priceless

Yeah, punch the al Jazeera reporter, you racist!

Gotta admit i lol'd giving her a black eye in the second game and watching her get beat up the second time in me3 was just priceless xD

Punch!

If you play nice with her, she becomes a war asset. Have to admit though that I renegaded all over her ass the first time. Had to lol when she dodged the first swing.

[url=#user_comment_123055]@NerfNow[/url]: Git back to work

Ah,reporter punching. Who doesn't love that aspect of Mass Effect? Don't even let her talk,just punch her in the face and keep walkin'. LIKE A BOSS!!!

You play Paragon?

FOR THE RENEGADE!

YOU BET YOUR ASS I PUNCHED THAT BITCH.

I actually did that as well, but it was completely by accident, I just reacted instinctively when he pulled the gun and I saw a white (didn't see the red first) of an interrupt. (reloaded after and went MAX PARAGON on it)

100% Paragon Shep is master of hugs. Entire civilizations rise and fall by his amazing hug powers. While renegade shep shoots and punches people and makes hard decisions, Paragon shep can avoid all loss of life WITH HUGS

[url=#user_comment_123046]@MrTT[/url]: While they did change the way alignment works, no they did not change it to how the comic shows. Now your actions give you "reputation" that scales both bars. How many paragon or renegade choices you make affects how high each bar is in relation to the other. Equal choices? Both maxed.

Why hasn't anyone made POW! HAHA! tag between the 2nd and 3rd panel yet...

OH it was totally worth it!

Hell yah! LOL

<sarcasm>that was the hardest choice I've ever made</sarcasm>

Heh. The night this game was released, there was a live screening in the cinema. The guy next to me was playing, I knew about the two renegade interrupts... Everyone actually applauded when she was KOed.

True story.

I was thinking of making another comic, Eh fuck it more games for me.

I know you wanna hit that. I know you wanna hit, that hit that.

I did it 3 ways. 1. i told we are on the same side. 2. I hit her then let her hit me back (didnt hit the renegade button twice just once). 3. same as 2 but i hit the renegade button twice >:D .

Totally worth it

Did they chance the way alignment works in ME3?
In ME1 and ME2 paragon and renegade were NOT opposite.
You could gain points in both.
Taking a renegade action did not lower your paragon.

Paragon was used for persuade, renegade for intimidate.

I ended up siding with her somehow. I told her that we were on the same team and she needed to make the news about earth as well known as possible.

That reporter was such an ass XD

Did anyone pay attention to the desperate undertones of a reporter about to have a nervous breakdown?

[url=#user_comment_122956]@Manta[/url]: SPOILER! (FOR A GAME THAT CAME OUT MONTHS AGO!) How did you do that? The reporter is an AI!

Oh yeah, Mass Effect 3 came out too, almost forgot about that title with all the hype around Street Fighter x Tekken.

Shepard kills Reapers

WHAT THE HELL MAN SPOILERS!!!!!!!!!!!

[url=#user_comment_122991]@ReporterHater[/url]: PUNCH ALL THE REPORTERS

SPOILER FREE
I took only 1 renegade action in the game.

I shot someone because he had a gun pointed at someone important and my stupid companion was having a BSOD moment.
SPOILER FREE

Sorry, but "headbutting a Krogan" in ME2 is the undisputed master of "need to choose that renegade option".

Oh shi-

I punched reporter at the beginning of interview and even didn't undestand that it was OTHER reporter. Lol.

Damn you, bioware! I wanna get the 100% paragon...but this is so good to miss! FALCON PUNCH BEACHHHH!!!

I'm with Dragon on this one. I managed (so far) to not hit her, instead enjoying making her look like a complete retard on her own show, then with LotSB still got to enjoy watching her get decked.

I nailed it, lol.

She's on my side now.

I can safely say i resisted all three temptations. Find it so much more satisfying to floor her with words.

Beside the Shadow Broker ME2 DLC videos allowed me to watch her get her ass kicked several times, over and over and over and...

Emily Wong is the other reporter.. the one you can punch is Khalisah al-Jilani

Challenge? pff. I embarassed her twice before, without hitting her once. This time I just hit her. Hard. As soon as I could. There wasn't even a single second passing between the renegade options showing up, and me clicking both.

Do I wanna know?

Falcon head butt! :D

Funny, I had a similar experience in Deus Ex:HR