Heavy Metal Flame Thrower 2: Raging Heatwave

***Heavy Metal Flame Thrower 2: Raging Heatwave*** is an action-adventure platforming beat-em-up video game that is a sequel to *Heavy Metal Flame Thrower* (2008).

## Details

**Developer(s)**

Traveller's Tales (PS3/X360/Wii)

Budcat Creations (PS2/Xbox/GameCube)

Climax Studios (PSP/PC)

**Publisher(s)**

THQ

**Series**

*Heavy Metal Flame Thrower*

**Platform(s)**

PlayStation 2

PlayStation 3

PlayStation Portable

Xbox

Xbox 360

GameCube

Wii

Microsoft Windows

Mac OS X

**Release**

May 6, 2008

**Genre(s)**

Action-adventure

Platformer

Beat-em-up

**Mode(s)**

Single-player

## Gameplay

Players control Flame Thrower Bortz by beating up enemies and entering rage mode. In this game, he unlocks a new rage attack by defeating a boss.

In the tutorial, Flame Thrower has a training dummy for him to test his abilities.

The console game is a 3D game while the PlayStation Portable and PC game is a 2D game.

## Levels

There are 4 levels, each of which has a boss at the end, to play through.

* Level 1: Yellow World
	+ Boss: Frost Thrower
* Level 2: Gray World
	+ Boss: Tornado Toes
* Level 3: Green World
	+ Boss: Dirty Water
* Level 4: Purple World
	+ Boss: Magical Fire

## Enemies

The enemies are gray versions of Flame Thrower, who return from the first game. There are five new types of enemies, those being electric eels, ostriches, bulldogs, rats and army tanks.

## Controls

### Console versions

* PS2/PS3
* Xbox
* Xbox 360
* GameCube
* Wii

* Left analog stick: Move Flame Thrower
* Right analog stick: Move Camera
* X: Jump
* Square: Punch and kick attack
* Circle: Melee weapon
* Triangle: Rage attack
* Triangle and up on D-pad: Rage attack (up)
* Triangle and down on D-pad: Rage attack (down)
* Triangle and left on D-pad: Rage attack (left)
* Triangle and right on D-pad: Rage attack (right)
* L2: Fire gun
* R2: Throw grenades
* L1: Switch melee weapon
* R1: Switch gun
* Start: Pause

- Left analog stick: Move Flame Thrower

- Right analog stick: Move Camera

- A: Jump

- X: Punch and kick attack

- B: Melee weapon

- Y: Rage attack

- Y and up on D-pad: Rage attack (up)

- Y and down on D-pad: Rage attack (down)

- Y and left on D-pad: Rage attack (left)

- Y and right on D-pad: Rage attack (right)

- White button: Fire gun

- Black button: Throw grenades

- Left trigger: Switch melee weapon

- Right trigger: Switch gun

- Start: Pause

- Left analog stick: Move Flame Thrower

- Right analog stick: Move Camera

- A: Jump

- X: Punch and kick attack

- B: Melee weapon

- Y: Rage attack

- Y and up on D-pad: Rage attack (up)

- Y and down on D-pad: Rage attack (down)

- Y and left on D-pad: Rage attack (left)

- Y and right on D-pad: Rage attack (right)

- Left bumper: Fire gun

- Right bumper: Throw grenades

- Left trigger: Switch melee weapon

- Right trigger: Switch gun

- Start: Pause

- Control Stick: Move Flame Thrower

- C-Stick: Move Camera

- A: Jump

- B: Punch and kick attack

- X: Melee weapon

- Y: Rage attack

- Y and up on D-pad: Rage attack (up)

- Y and down on D-pad: Rage attack (down)

- Y and left on D-pad: Rage attack (left)

- Y and right on D-pad: Rage attack (right)

- L: Fire gun

- R button all the way: Throw grenades

- R button slightly: Switch melee weapon

- Z: Switch gun

- Start/Pause: Pause

- Analog stick on Wii Nunchuk: Move Flame Thrower

- D-pad on Wii Remote: Move Camera

- A: Jump

- Shake Wii Nunchuk left and right: Punch and kick attack

- Shake Wii Remote left and right: Melee weapon

- C: Rage attack

- C and up on D-pad on Wii Remote: Rage attack (up)

- C and down on D-pad on Wii Remote: Rage attack (down)

- C and left on D-pad on Wii Remote: Rage attack (left)

- C and right on D-pad on Wii Remote: Rage attack (right)

- B: Fire gun

- Z: Throw grenades

- 1: Switch melee weapon

- 2: Switch gun

- +: Pause

### PlayStation Portable and PC versions

* PlayStation Portable
* PC

* Analog stick: Move Flame Thrower
* X: Jump
* Down on D-pad: Crouch
* R: Roll
* Square: Punch/Kick
* L: Fire gun
* Up on D-pad: Throw grenade
* Circle: Swing melee weapon
* Left on D-pad: Switch melee weapon
* Right on D-pad: Switch gun
* Triangle: Rage attack
* Triangle and up on D-pad: Rage attack (up)
* Triangle and down on D-pad: Rage attack (down)
* Triangle and left on D-pad: Rage attack (left)
* Triangle and right on D-pad: Rage attack (right)
* Start: Pause

- Left and right arrows: Move Flame Thrower

- Up arrow: Jump

- Down arrow: Crouch

- A: Roll

- S: Punch/Kick

- W: Fire gun

- F: Throw grenade

- D: Swing melee weapon

- Q: Switch melee weapon

- E: Switch gun

- R: Rage attack

- R and up arrow: Rage attack (up)

- R and down arrow: Rage attack (down)

- R and left arrow: Rage attack (left)

- R and right arrow: Rage attack (right)

- P or Enter: Pause

### Opening logos used

#### PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Wii versions

* Comet logo of THQ
* 1995 Traveller's Tales logo

#### PlayStation 2, Xbox and GameCube versions

* Announcer logo of THQ
* 1995 Traveller's Tales logo
* 2007 Budcat Creations logo

#### PlayStation Portable and PC versions

* Blue-lighting logo of THQ
* 2003 Climax Studios logo