Men in Black II: Alien Escape

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Men in Black II: Alien Escape
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Developer(s) Infogrames Melbourne House [lower-alpha 1]
Publisher(s) Infogrames
Platform(s) PlayStation 2, GameCube
ReleasePlayStation 2
GameCube
  • EU: February 7, 2003 [4]
  • NA: April 8, 2003
Genre(s) Action-adventure
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer

Men in Black II: Alien Escape is an action-adventure video game developed by Infogrames Melbourne House and published by Infogrames in 2002 for the PlayStation 2, and was later ported to the GameCube in 2003 by Tantalus. The game is partially based on the Men in Black II movie. [5]

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Plot

In Men in Black II: Alien Escape, players take on the role of one of the MIB agents Agent K or Agent J, and are required to stop aliens from blowing up the Earth with a ship based weapon called the Class 7 Ozone Demogrifier. They investigate aliens living on Earth in events similar to the film.[ citation needed ]

Reception

On Metacritic, the PlayStation 2 version of Men in Black II: Alien Escape has a score of 50 out of 100, indicating "mixed or average reviews". [8] On GameRankings, the GameCube version has a rating of 54%. [6]

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