<s>
Firestorm	B-Application
:	I-Application
Thunderhawk	I-Application
2	I-Application
,	O
known	O
as	O
Thunderstrike	B-Application
2	I-Application
in	O
North	O
America	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
1995	O
combat	O
flight	O
simulation	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Core	O
Design	O
for	O
PlayStation	B-Device
,	O
Sega	B-Device
Saturn	I-Device
and	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
sequel	O
to	O
Thunderhawk	B-Application
AH-73M	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Firestorm	B-Application
:	I-Application
Thunderhawk	I-Application
2	I-Application
is	O
a	O
combat	O
flight	O
simulator	O
in	O
which	O
the	O
player	O
pilots	O
a	O
fictional	O
attack	O
helicopter	O
,	O
the	O
AH-73M	O
,	O
through	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
missions	O
around	O
the	O
world	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
AH-73M	O
is	O
armed	O
with	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
weapons	O
,	O
which	O
includes	O
a	O
chain	O
gun	O
,	O
missiles	O
,	O
rockets	B-Application
,	O
and	O
cluster	O
bombs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Firestorm	B-Application
:	I-Application
Thunderhawk	I-Application
2	I-Application
was	O
created	O
by	O
the	O
British	O
studio	O
Core	O
Design	O
,	O
as	O
a	O
sequel	O
to	O
the	O
original	O
Thunderhawk	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
developed	O
simultaneously	O
for	O
the	O
PC	O
,	O
Saturn	B-Device
,	O
and	O
PlayStation	B-Device
,	O
with	O
the	O
PC	O
as	O
the	O
lead	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Avory	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
took	O
very	O
little	O
time	O
to	O
develop	O
since	O
it	O
reused	O
the	O
game	O
engine	O
from	O
Thunderhawk	B-Application
;	O
it	O
took	O
only	O
one	O
month	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
playable	O
version	O
for	O
the	O
PC	O
,	O
and	O
just	O
a	O
few	O
days	O
to	O
port	O
this	O
early	O
version	O
over	O
to	O
both	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
and	O
Saturn	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Japan	O
,	O
the	O
Sega	B-Device
Saturn	I-Device
version	O
of	O
Thunderhawk	B-Application
2	I-Application
was	O
released	O
by	O
Victor	O
Entertainment	O
on	O
23	O
February	O
1996	O
,	O
followed	O
by	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
version	O
on	O
24	O
May	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
Atari	B-Device
Jaguar	I-Device
CD	I-Device
port	O
was	O
planned	O
but	O
never	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PlayStation	B-Device
and	O
Sega	B-Device
Saturn	I-Device
versions	O
received	O
mostly	O
positive	O
reviews	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Critics	O
generally	O
complimented	O
the	O
heavily	O
detailed	O
and	O
realistic	O
graphics	O
,	O
but	O
reprimanded	O
the	O
draw	B-General_Concept
distance	I-General_Concept
problems	O
,	O
particularly	O
the	O
considerable	O
pop-up	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
even	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
sternest	O
critics	O
concluded	O
it	O
to	O
be	O
far	O
better	O
than	O
contemporary	O
flight	O
simulators	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Wing	B-Application
Arms	I-Application
and	O
Black	B-Application
Fire	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1996	O
,	O
GamesMaster	O
ranked	O
the	O
game	O
9th	O
on	O
their	O
"	O
The	O
GamesMaster	O
Saturn	B-Device
Top	O
10	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Firestorm	B-Application
:	I-Application
Thunderhawk	I-Application
2	I-Application
was	O
followed	O
by	O
its	O
sequel	O
Thunderhawk	B-Application
:	I-Application
Operation	I-Application
Phoenix	I-Application
.	O
</s>
