User blog comment:So-Pro Warrior/Mass Effect vs. Sci-Fi Tournament: Round 2-Battle 1: Commander Shepard vs. Nathan Hale/@comment-4098900-20120730235407/@comment-143604-20120731000203

The "lock" is not a laser, it's a tag, it fires like a bullet. The thing needs to be shot out of the gun like a normal round, and is thus going to be rejected as long as Shepard's shields are up. How exactly won't cover be a factor for Shepard? Using cover is a bigger part of Mass Effect gameplay than Resistance's. Hale also almost never fights human opponents, while Shepard fights them in pretty large numbers in all three of the games.