RTX Red Rock
{{Short description|2003 video game}}
{{Infobox video game
|title = RTX Red Rock
|image = RTX Red Rock.jpg
|developer = LucasArts
|publisher = LucasArts
|released = {{vgrelease|NA|June 17, 2003|EU|July 4, 2003}}
|genre = Action-adventure
|modes = Single-player, multiplayer
|platforms = PlayStation 2
}}
RTX Red Rock is an action-adventure game developed and published by LucasArts for the PlayStation 2. It was announced and later canceled for the GameCube.{{cite web | author=Varanini, Giancarlo | date=March 18, 2003 | title=GameCube RTX Red Rock canceled | url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/gamecube-rtx-red-rock-canceled/1100-6023403/ | website=GameSpot | publisher=CBS Interactive | accessdate=December 26, 2013 | archive-date=March 22, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140322041224/http://www.gamespot.com/articles/gamecube-rtx-red-rock-canceled/1100-6023403/ | url-status=live }}
Plot
In the year 2113{{cite web | author=Reed, Kristan | date=August 1, 2003 | title=RTX Red Rock | url=https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/r_rtxredrock_ps2 | website=Eurogamer | publisher=Gamer Network | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160317105354/http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/r_rtxredrock_ps2 | archivedate=March 17, 2016 | url-status=live | accessdate=July 23, 2019}} aliens of unknown origin, known simply as LEDs (Light-Emitting Demons) launch an attack on Earth, resulting in heavy casualties on both sides. Earth comes out of the fighting victorious, but advanced US intelligence discovers that the LEDs have invaded Earth's colony on Mars. Believing that the LEDs intend to launch another attack on Earth, but unsure how to deal with the problem, the US army chief decides to send in an RTX (Radical Tactics Expert) to properly evaluate the situation.
This brings him to Major Wheeler. Wheeler undertakes the mission, despite his fear of Mars and goes off along with his robotic sidekick IRIS.
Reception
{{Video game reviews
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| MC = 49/100{{cite web | title=RTX Red Rock for PlayStation 2 Reviews | url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/rtx-red-rock/critic-reviews/?platform=playstation-2 | website=Metacritic | publisher=CBS Interactive | accessdate=July 23, 2019}}
| Allgame = {{Rating|2|5}}{{cite web | author=Marriott, Scott Alan | title=RTX Red Rock - Review | url=http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=39001&tab=review | website=AllGame | publisher=All Media Network | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141117064055/http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=39001&tab=review | archivedate=November 17, 2014 | url-status=dead | accessdate=July 23, 2019}}
| EGM = 3.17/10{{cite magazine | author1=Intihar, Bryan | author2=Byrnes, Paul | author3=Steinman, Gary | title=RTX: Red Rock | url=http://www.egmmag.com/article2/0,2053,1489900,00.asp | magazine=Electronic Gaming Monthly | publisher=Ziff Davis | issue=170 | date=September 2003 | page=132 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040326081859/http://www.egmmag.com/article2/0,2053,1489900,00.asp | archivedate=March 26, 2004 | url-status=dead | accessdate=July 23, 2019}}
| GI = 6.5/10{{cite magazine | title=RTX Red Rock | magazine=Game Informer | publisher=GameStop | issue=123 | date=July 2003 | page=106}}
| GameRev = D+{{cite web | author=White, A.A. | date=July 2003 | title=RTX Red Rock Review | url=https://www.gamerevolution.com/review/33477-rtx-red-rock-review | website=Game Revolution | publisher=CraveOnline | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150929051414/http://www.gamerevolution.com/review/rtx-red-rock | archivedate=September 29, 2015 | url-status=live | accessdate=July 24, 2019}}
| GamePro = {{Rating|2|5}}{{cite magazine | author=Pong Sifu | date=July 7, 2003 | title=RTX Red Rock Review for PS2 on GamePro.com | url=http://www.gamepro.com/sony/ps2/games/reviews/30103.shtml | magazine=GamePro | publisher=IDG Entertainment | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050212132509/http://www.gamepro.com/sony/ps2/games/reviews/30103.shtml | archivedate=February 12, 2005 | url-status=dead | accessdate=July 24, 2019}}
| GSpy = {{Rating|1|5}}{{cite web | author=McConnaughy, Tim | date=July 5, 2003 | title=GameSpy: RTX Red Rock | url=http://ps2.gamespy.com/playstation-2/rtx-red-rock/5978p1.html | website=GameSpy | publisher=IGN Entertainment | accessdate=July 23, 2019 | archive-date=July 23, 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190723225315/http://ps2.gamespy.com/playstation-2/rtx-red-rock/5978p1.html | url-status=live }}
| IGN = 5.6/10{{cite web | author=Hwang, Kaiser | date=June 18, 2003 | title=RTX Red Rock | url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2003/06/19/rtx-red-rock-2 | website=IGN | publisher=Ziff Davis | accessdate=July 23, 2019 | archive-date=July 23, 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190723224314/https://www.ign.com/articles/2003/06/19/rtx-red-rock-2 | url-status=live }}
| OPM = {{Rating|2|5}}{{cite magazine | author=Steinman, Gary | title=RTX: Red Rock | url=http://www.playstationmagazine.com/article2/0,2053,1494383,00.asp | magazine=Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine | publisher=Ziff Davis | date=August 2003 | page=103 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040329070418/http://www.playstationmagazine.com/article2/0,2053,1494383,00.asp | archivedate=March 29, 2004 | url-status=dead | accessdate=July 23, 2019}}
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The game received "generally unfavorable reviews" according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.
GameSpot's Giancarlo Varanini thought that the game had a promising concept but the end result was disappointing: "It's just not a very fun game to play, and unless you're absolutely desperate for something to take up your time, it should probably be avoided." Kaiser Hwang of IGN found the game had "a lot of features and varied gameplay elements but fails to deliver where it counts." with "unfocused and bland" gameplay which made it hard to recommend. In a review for Eurogamer, Kristan Reed said "RTX tries hard to appeal to a broad audience, but feels so lacking in polish, you wonder how such a prestigious company could allow it to be released in such a state." He did concede, however, that if people could accept the game's limitations it was "actually a rather solid enjoyable, well paced adventure game."
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