Rainbow Six Vegas 2 thermal scan trailer

By Robert Purchese Published 13 March, 2008

That's right, we're watching you.

The problem with baddies is that smoke and doors and all the other things David Copperfield uses makes them hard to see. And if they have guns, that is bad. Thank goodness, then, that Rainbow Six Vegas 2 has given you a fancy new tool to combat this.

It's a thermal scan from your best friend the intelligence officer, and is displayed in the mini-map in the top right of your screen. Enemies show up as red dots, or pink if they're a level above, and you can see all this in action in our exclusive Thermal Scan Eurogamer TV trailer.

"A thermal scan can be used as an alternative to other gadgets such as the snake cam and thermal vision goggles," game designer Phillipe Therien reminds us. "You can use it to see what's in the next room, or if enemies are hiding in a cloud of smoke or dust." Those sneaky bastards.

'Rainbow Six Vegas 2 thermal scan trailer' Screenshot vegas

Looks a bit like Pac-Man.

But, as with all really good army toys, there is a downside. "As useful as the thermal scan can be," continues Therien, ominously, "it only lasts a limited amount of time and cannot be recalled immediately after. This technology should be used in strategic areas that require more than just plain vision."

Head over to Eurogamer TV to see how this is done, then, or pick your nose and wait until next week for our review of the full game.

Rainbow Six Vegas 2 is due out on PS3 and 360 from 20th March, with the PC version set to arrive a little later on 17th April.

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About Robert Purchese

Bertie is Eurogamer's Senior Staff Writer. When he's not hunting down news stories he's often found playing with his kids or gabbling about fantasy games and strange online worlds.

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Comments (10) Latest comment 4 years ago

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  • TagemandBagem #1 4 years ago

    Instead of posting these videos they should just say "Go and look at random parts of R6 Vegas 1, it's the same".

  • Eraysor #2 4 years ago

    So EG, how much are you being paid to post these news pieces every day? Go on, be honest.
    Edited by 1 at 13/03/08 @ 19:30

  • Rowlsten #3 4 years ago

    Hang on..... how vids has there actually been.....? I was getting excited about this game when the first teaser was released.... but bored of it now.

    Trailer 42: You can use the left thumbstick to move your player.

    /o\

  • jambolio #4 4 years ago

    It is a bit Excessive ain't it? As much as I like R6, it is kind of spoilering all the cool tech and any refinements they have made.
    And yeah, monies?

  • skillian #5 4 years ago

    Eg, you're selling out. Are you sure you're making the right decision here? Most me your readers can see right through it.

  • Res #6 4 years ago

    "Eg, you're selling out. Are you sure you're making the right decision here? Most me your readers can see right through it."

    As long as they give the game a fair review I couldn't give a shit, the money they get from things like this keeps the website running after all.

  • Laika #7 4 years ago

    Christy, another one?

  • john_silence #8 4 years ago

    What's all that silly talk? Does that actually *spoil* anyone's future enjoyment of the game? Are you "bored" after seeing four or five 1.30 minute/videos? Wow, you're going to be sooo bored after playing it for an entire hour.
    As to "selling out", I'd point out it's just exclusive content about funny little additions to Rainbow 6, that are rather interesting to people who care about the series. It doesn't look like promotional trailers at all, I'd be surprised EG received money for those videos (though maybe it's a favor in return for all of the big ads Ubisoft has certainly reserved). At any rate it would be a case of "selling" rather than "selling out".

  • Nero85 #9 4 years ago

    Rainbow Six Vegas 2 has given you a fancy new tool to combat this.
    What? Where's the new in that?

  • skillian #10 4 years ago

    As long as they give the game a fair review I couldn't give a shit, the money they get from things like this keeps the website running after all.

    Yes, I agree I was being slightly over dramatic, sorry about that. It was also written slightly drunkenly on a mobile phone back from a night out, hence the double post and the old of/me predictive text thing.

    There has been a lot of R6V2 coverage on the site recently tho, one might even say too much.