HawkEye: Could Metro 2034 become what Metro 2033 should have been?

Metro 2033 was a brilliant, yet fatally flawed game; quite apt considering 4A Games is a Ukrainian video game developer. The studio was founded by former GSC Game World staff, the most famed of the former satellite-state’s developers, who are known by PC players for the brilliant, yet flawed S.T.A.L.K.E.R. series. Both series are similar in style; harsh aggressive Soviet settings, a hint of sci-fi horror, a dash of heart-racing survival gameplay and a general love of dark tunnels illuminated by dim flashlights.

But while S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Call Of Pripyat can terrify you into a mumbling, childlike state with one hand and depress you with blocky textures of an outdated engine on the other, Metro 2033 had something special – the backing of THQ. The 8th largest video game publisher pumped some much needed cash into the project. Combine the unique source material of Dmitry Glukhovsky, the financial support of THQ, and a bit of Ukrainian elbow grease (watch out, it’s radioactive), and yo…