Feb 15, 2011 07:30 GMT  ·  By

THQ is quite confident in its next first-person shooter, Metro 2034, which, if backed up properly and with the right amount of polish, can compete with the "Call of Dutys" from the gaming industry.

Last year's Metro 2033 was a pretty intriguing title, tasking players with surviving in the subway tunnels of a post-apocalyptic Moscow.

The title placed an emphasis on realism, putting make shift weapons into the hands of players and actually making them scrounge up for ammo and parts in order to fix them.

Despite this, response wasn't all that great, but THQ is set to continue backing up the series developed by 4A Games, which is already hard at work on its sequel, Metro 2034.

According to the company's core games boss, Danny Bilson, the new game will receive "a much more respectful" marketing campaign, in order to show people that it can compete with other shooters, including Activision's massive successful Call of Duty series.

"The sequel's even more advanced in terms of the technology," he said. "The sequel's going to get a lot more support than the first one got both from product development at THQ and marketing.

"There were certain things in [Metro 2033], even though it looked sensational, some of the shooting mechanics need to be better polished to compete with the Call of Dutys. They are this time. For marketing it'll get a much more respectful push."

Bilson is quite confident in the game, even if it's set to arrive next year, so a lot of work still needs to be done in order to complete it.

In case you didn't experience Metro 2033 the first time, THQ and Steam are holding a special promotion, so if you pre-purchase Homefront, a new shooter from the company that arrives on March 15, you'll get a free copy of Metro 2033.