If the narrative weren't so staunchly heavy-handed, I'd put my money on Brody being a literal parody of shooter-genre character tropes." Game Informer continued this theme by ranking Brody first on its list of "the top 10 worst character names."
Game Informer further emphasized this point by ranking Brody first on its list of "the top 10 worst character names," highlighting the character's overreliance on familiar genre conventions.