Valve has released a Dota 2 anime. Previously, the company’s also released comics. But unfortunately, that doesn’t apply to Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. We at CS.MONEY wondered how and in which shape Valve could depict CS:GO.
Comics
Like with Dota 2, there are many comics about Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. For example, four issues appeared along with Operation Wildfire. The story wasn’t narrated by some nameless operatives. In the comic, a whole bunch of special forces characters and opposing organizations were introduced into the game’s lore.
In the last two operations, the game received agents. They’re also unique characters from the game’s lore. But instead of a full-fledged comic book, all info about them is just a few sentences in the description — and that’s it.
Still, agent descriptions are chock-full of hints at curious stories. For instance, we’d love to read about how ‘Two Times’ McCoy got his nickname or about Sabre operatives raiding barbershops every week. The things we’d do to stay stylish!
Short films
Another idea that can be borrowed from Dota 2: regular best short film competitions. The conditions are simple: make a short video about the game no longer than 90 seconds. There are a couple more rules, but they aren’t big. The conditions could stay unchanged for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive.
Dota 2 short films are made by fans and for fans. So if you’re an active player, you’ll find them interesting to watch. CS:GO, too, offers a plethora of ideas that can be implemented in a short film and shown to an audience.
Given Valve’s experience in Dota 2 and the CS:GO Majors schedule, Valve shouldn’t encounter any problem holding such a contest. Would you like to direct a CS:GO short film? Let us know in the comments.
Animation
If Dota 2 is getting its own anime, why can’t CS have one? They could follow the example of, say, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex. A special unit investigates crimes and fights terrorists. But of course, the anime only uses these themes as a setting, exploring other issues altogether in the process.
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Still, there’s nothing stopping Valve from simply making a series about a cool SWAT team along the lines of JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure. There are plenty of diverse and colorful characters among agents (that’s right, we’re talking about you, Number K). Depicting their adventures in a manner similar to that of the aforementioned JoJo or, say, One Piece sounds like a lot of fun.
Making a movie or selling the movie rights
Perhaps the most difficult idea to implement is a movie based on the franchise. That’s not a particularly good idea in the case of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. Unlike games with a plot like Last of Us, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive has no story or interesting setting.
Yet Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is a famous competitive shooter. It matches up to Call of Duty in terms of popularity, and to Quake or Doom series in terms of its influence on the video games industry. And that’s a game that was made by a couple of enthusiasts, not by a team of pros at a game studio!
A Netflix show about the creative process is another idea — with lots of melodrama and a love line, of course. Or a documentary for National Geographic. After all, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is an integral part of video game culture. In the early 2000s, the game became one of the pillars of esports — and remains one so far.
However, those are all just our dreams. To implement them, we need an initiative from Valve, a completely unpredictable company.
