Secret Invasion should just rip off Call of Duty’s most controversial level already

polygon.com:

Secret Invasion is all about hidden identities and shape-shifting, but after four episodes it still hasn’t really committed to the bit of a shock-and-awe conspiracy thriller. Sure, we’ve gotten a few reveals about politicians secretly being Skrulls, and the U.S. government vaguely blames Nick Fury for Maria Hill’s death, but they could be going so much further.

[Ed. note: The following contains spoilers for Secret Invasion episode 4.]

The show’s fourth episode finds Gravik (Kingsley Ben-Adir) and his men discussing the fact that they are supposed to be speaking Russian during their next operation: an attempt to assassinate the American president. It is difficult to miss how reminiscent the scene is, intentionally or not, of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2’s “No Russian” mission.

In the game’s mission, a terrorist leader, Makarov, reminds his men not to speak Russian during a terrorist attack on a Russian airport, in hopes of framing America for the attack and sparking a war. The level was incredibly controversial at the time because it put players in a position to shoot virtual civilians, but it’s also exactly the type of politicking Secret Invasion keeps feinting at then shying away from — it’s a show dealing in half-measures.

This week gives us a prime example: Gravik may have hoped to frame the Russians for the attack on the president in the planning stage, but then his mission seemingly fails. He and his team frequently speak English throughout the operation. Then, as if his cover wasn’t blown enough,he goes and uses his weird Groot-esque tree-arm powers. His team also commits to killing Talos instead of the president. Everything feels completely botched.

Let Gravik do bad and let him blame other people for it!Even