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RTX Red Rock

In this game the player controls Major Eugene Wheeler, a radical tactics expert sent to the Mars base to investigate the loss of communications. Once there, he discovers that the base has been taken over by…

55 17 June 2003

RTX Red Rock is an adventure developed by LucasArts, released 17 June 2003 on Nintendo GameCube and PlayStation 2.

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What RTX Red Rock is

RTX Red Rock is an adventure game developed by LucasArts and released in 2003. It is available on Nintendo GameCube and PlayStation 2.

The premise, in the publisher's words

In this game the player controls Major Eugene Wheeler, a radical tactics expert sent to the Mars base to investigate the loss of communications. Once there, he discovers that the base has been taken over by alien invaders who plan to use it to launch an attack on Earth. Wheeler must use all his wits and skills to prevent this from happening. RTX: Red Rock is a third-person action-adventure game which splits itself between combat with a multitude of weapons and some puzzle-solving. The protagonist is also equipped with a robotic arm with multiple attachments and a 'bionic' eye which gives him four different vision modes. The game is comprised of ten levels, some of which involve driving…
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction.

How it was received

RTX Red Rock holds a critic score of 55 out of 100. That places it above 11% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2003 averaged 69, so it scored 14 points below the year average.

What it launched against

RTX Red Rock launched on 17 June 2003, within three weeks of Warcraft 3: The Frozen Throne, Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising, Viewtiful Joe and The Elder Scrolls III: Bloodmoon. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Warcraft 3: The Frozen Throne, Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising, Viewtiful Joe, The Elder Scrolls III: Bloodmoon.

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When did RTX Red Rock come out?
RTX Red Rock was released on 17 June 2003 for Nintendo GameCube and PlayStation 2.

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