MIB: Alien Crisis

Become the next top agent of the Men In Black. Arm yourself with a full arsenal of iconic MIB weapons to investigate and stop an evil alien plot to snatch up an ancient artifact that is the key to seizing control of the universe.

Released: 22 May 2012
Platforms: PlayStation 3 Wii Xbox 360
Genres: Adventure Light gun shooter Shooter
Developers: FUN Labs
Publishers: Activision
Modes: Local multiplayer Multiplayer Single-player
Perspective: Third person
Themes: Action Science fiction Stealth Comedy

About

MIB: Alien Crisis (also referred to as Men in Black: Alien Crisis) is an on-rails third-person shooter video game for the PlayStation 3, Wii, and Xbox 360. It was developed by Fun Labs and published by Activision. The game is the third installment in the Men in Black series of video games. Instead of Agent J or Agent K, the game features a new MIB agent named Agent P (Peter Delacour).

The game was released on May 22, 2012. Alien Crisis is partially based on the Men in Black 3 movie and coincided with its launch in theaters. Tim Blaney reprises his role as Frank the Pug from the first two films.

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playstation move support

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The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Story

In 2012, Peter Delacour (voiced by Troy Baker), a master thief and alien conspiracist, is hired to steal an ancient Egyptian artifact called the Book of Khnemu for his client: network maven Emilio Chauncey (voiced by Josh Gad). However, once he gives it to him, Chauncey, wanting to use the book's power to take over the world, tells his bodyguards to get rid of any evidence, including Delacour. Peter narrowly escapes when it looks like a street gang engages Chauncey's men in a firefight with strange weapons. Chauncey gets away and shortly after, the MIB show up.

Agent C (voiced by Laura Bailey), a MIB desk clerk, and Frank the Pug takes Delacour into custody and uses an MIB car in hyper drive mode to get Peter back to MIB headquarters for questioning. After interrogation, Delacour tries to stealthily escape MIB headquarters, but is caught. With the fact that J and K went missing on the same investigation and the fact that Chauncey is apparently helping the Adorians, an alien race that is part of a war that is making its way to Earth, Agent O has no choice but to deputize Peter into helping retrieve the book.

Reception

MIB: Alien Crisis was universally panned with critics because of its gameplay concepts specifically criticising it for its weak story, repetitive gameplay and graphics. GameSpot's Chris Watters opined, "Ugly, boring, and brazenly priced, MIB: Alien Crisis is an absolute embarrassment," giving it a 2.5 score out of 10. Robert Workman of GameZone gave the game a score of 2.0, "Everything about Men In Black: Alien Crisis has "rush job" written all over it." Official Xbox Magazine editor Cameron Lewis gave it a score of 3.0, commenting, "There's just no way this charmless slapdash mess is worth anywhere near its asking price, much less your hard-earned recreation time."