Dark Summit
{{short description|2001 snowboarding video game}}
{{Infobox video game
| title = Dark Summit
| image = DarkSummitCoverGC.jpg
| caption = North American GameCube cover art
| developer = Radical Entertainment
| publisher = THQ
| released = Xbox
{{vgrelease|NA|November 15, 2001|EU|March 22, 2002}}PlayStation 2
{{vgrelease|NA|November 27, 2001{{cite web |url=http://www.thq.com/Corporate/PressReleases/press-366.asp |title=THQ SHIPS DARK SUMMIT FOR XBOX AND PLAYSTATION 2 |date=November 12, 2001 |website=THQ |accessdate=March 19, 2023 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040416015052/http://www.thq.com/Corporate/PressReleases/press-366.asp |archivedate=April 16, 2004 |url-status=dead}}|EU|March 28, 2002}}GameCube
{{vgrelease|NA|February 5, 2002{{cite web |url=http://www.thq.com/Corporate/PressReleases/press-391.asp |title=THQ SHIPS DARK SUMMIT FOR NINTENDO GAMECUBE |date=November 5, 2002 |website=THQ |accessdate=March 19, 2023 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040416012659/http://www.thq.com/Corporate/PressReleases/press-391.asp |archivedate=April 16, 2004 |url-status=dead}}|AU|May 17, 2002{{cite web |url=http://www.nintendo.com.au/games/index.html |title=GameCube - Games |website=Nintendo Australia |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20020327144410/http://www.nintendo.com.au/games/index.html |archivedate=March 27, 2002 |url-status=dead}}|EU|May 24, 2002}}
| genre = Snowboarding
| modes = Single-player, multiplayer
| platforms = Xbox, PlayStation 2, GameCube
| director = Tom Legal
| producer = {{Unbulleted list|Kirsten Forbes|Sean Dunn}}
| designer = Pete Low
| artist = Liezel Sinclair
| writer = Justin Sheffield
| composer = {{Unbulleted list|Allan Levy|Marc Baril|Adam Gejdes}}
}}
Dark Summit is a 2001 snowboarding video game developed by Radical Entertainment and published by THQ.{{cite web |url=http://games.teamxbox.com/xbox/169/Dark-Summit/ |title=Dark Summit (Xbox) |website=TeamXbox |publisher=IGN Entertainment |accessdate=June 15, 2009 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090207113823/http://games.teamxbox.com/xbox/169/Dark-Summit/ |archivedate=February 7, 2009 |url-status=dead}} It was released for the GameCube, PlayStation 2 and Xbox.
Gameplay
Controls for Dark Summit resemble other skateboarding and snowboarding games of the time. The player is able to perform grinds/jibs, grabs, flips, and complete special tricks on the mountain, alien half-pipe and the chairlift half-pipe.
Different areas are accessed by chairlift, and unlocked via "Lift Points" earned by completing missions. Cosmetics and snowboard upgrades are unlocked through "Equipment Points", earned by completing tricks around the mountain. Special tricks and combos earn more Equipment Points. Lift Points and Equipment Points are accumulated, and for every milestone reached, the player unlocks a new area, cosmetic and snowboard upgrade.
There are 4 different unlockable snowboards by earning Equipment Points. The starting boards offers no advantage over the others and will quickly become obsolete. However, newer boards enhance the overall speed and trick performance of the player.
Reception
{{Video game reviews
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| NGC = true
| PS2 = true
| XBOX = true
| na = true
| MC_NGC = 68/100{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/dark-summit/critic-reviews/?platform=gamecube |title=Dark Summit critic reviews (GC) |website=Metacritic |publisher=Fandom |accessdate=February 18, 2025 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220930004859/https://www.metacritic.com/game/gamecube/dark-summit |archivedate=September 30, 2022 |url-status=live}}
| Edge_XBOX = 2/10{{cite magazine |title=Dark Summit (Xbox) |author=Edge staff |magazine=Edge |publisher=Future plc |issue=106 |date=January 2002}}
| EGM_NGC = 7/10{{cite magazine |url=https://retrocdn.net/images/e/e2/EGM_US_154.pdf |title=Dark Summit (GC) |last=Hsu |first=Dan "Shoe" |magazine=Electronic Gaming Monthly |publisher=Ziff Davis |issue=154 |date=May 2002 |page=112 |accessdate=February 18, 2025 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20221114234925/https://retrocdn.net/images/e/e2/EGM_US_154.pdf |archivedate=November 14, 2022 |url-status=live}}
| EGM_XBOX = 7/10{{cite magazine |url=https://retrocdn.net/images/3/31/EGM_US_150.pdf |title=Dark Summit (Xbox) |last1=Hsu |first1=Dan "Shoe" |last2=Dudlak |first2=Jonathan |last3=Hager |first3=Dean |magazine=Electronic Gaming Monthly |publisher=Ziff Davis |issue=150 |date=January 2002 |page=228 |accessdate=February 18, 2025 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230331223540/https://retrocdn.net/images/3/31/EGM_US_150.pdf |archivedate=March 31, 2023 |url-status=live}}{{efn|Three critics of Electronic Gaming Monthly gave the game each a score of 7/10.}}
| EPD_XBOX = 8/10{{cite web |url=http://www.elecplay.com/review.html?article=7852&full=1 |title=Dark Summit (Xbox) |last=Suciu |first=Peter |date=December 19, 2001 |website=The Electric Playground |publisher=Greedy Productions Ltd. |accessdate=February 19, 2025 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20020817154142/http://www.elecplay.com/review.html?article=7852&full=1 |archivedate=August 17, 2002 |url-status=dead}}
| GI_NGC = 7/10{{cite magazine |url=https://archive.org/details/game-informer-issue-109-may-2002/page/n87/mode/2up |title=Dark Summit (GC) |last=Helgeson |first=Matt |magazine=Game Informer |publisher=GameStop |issue=109 |date=May 2002 |page=85 |accessdate=February 18, 2025}}
| GI_XBOX = 7/10{{cite magazine |url=https://archive.org/details/game-informer-issue-104-december-2001/page/104/mode/2up |title=Dark Summit (Xbox) |last=Helgeson |first=Matt |magazine=Game Informer |publisher=FuncoLand |issue=104 |date=December 2001 |page=105 |accessdate=February 18, 2025 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20051119001446/http://www.gameinformer.com/Games/Review/200112/R03.0804.1812.50367.htm?CS_pid=210015 |archivedate=November 19, 2005 |url-status=live}}
| GameRev_XBOX = C{{cite web |url=https://www.gamerevolution.com/review/34399-dark-summit-review |title=Dark Summit Review (Xbox) |last=Silverman |first=Ben |date=November 2001 |website=GameRevolution |publisher=CraveOnline |accessdate=February 18, 2025 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151001121911/http://www.gamerevolution.com/review/dark-summit |archivedate=October 1, 2015 |url-status=live}}
| GSpot_NGC = 7.2/10{{cite web |url=https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/dark-summit-review/1900-2850377/ |title=Dark Summit Review (GC) |last=Varanini |first=Giancarlo |date=February 25, 2002 |website=GameSpot |publisher=Fandom |accessdate=February 18, 2025 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20041205024127/http://www.gamespot.com/gamecube/sports/darksummit/review.html |archivedate=December 5, 2004 |url-status=live}}
| GSpy_NGC = 70%{{cite web |url=http://archive.gamespy.com/reviews/april02/darksummitgcn/ |title=Dark Summit (GCN) |last=Wessel |first=Craig |date=April 10, 2002 |website=GameSpy |publisher=IGN Entertainment |accessdate=July 21, 2018 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050217155044/http://archive.gamespy.com/reviews/april02/darksummitgcn/ |archivedate=February 17, 2005 |url-status=dead}}
| IGN_NGC = 6.5/10{{cite web |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2002/02/13/dark-summit |title=Dark Summit (GCN) |last=Casamassina |first=Matt |date=February 13, 2002 |website=IGN |publisher=Ziff Davis |accessdate=February 18, 2025 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20211010195848/https://www.ign.com/articles/2002/02/13/dark-summit |archivedate=October 10, 2021 |url-status=live}}
| NGen_XBOX = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite magazine |url=https://archive.org/details/NextGen85Jan2002/page/n43/mode/2up |title=Dark Summit (Xbox) |magazine=NextGen |publisher=Imagine Media |issue=85 |date=January 2002 |page=42 |accessdate=October 10, 2021}}
| NP_NGC = 3.3/5{{cite magazine |title=Dark Summit |magazine=Nintendo Power |publisher=Nintendo of America |volume=153 |date=February 2002 |page=151}}
| OPM_PS2 = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite magazine |url=https://archive.org/details/official-us-playstation-magazine-issue-52-january-2002/page/126/mode/2up |title=Dark Summit |last=Zuniga |first=Todd |magazine=Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine |publisher=Ziff Davis |issue=52 |date=January 2002 |page=126 |accessdate=February 18, 2025}}
| OXM_XBOX = 7/10{{cite magazine |title=Dark Summit |magazine=Official Xbox Magazine |publisher=Imagine Media |date=February 2002 |page=80}}
| XPlay_PS2 = {{Rating|2|5}}{{cite web |url=http://www.techtv.com/extendedplay/reviews/story/0%2C24330%2C3369706%2C00.html |title='Dark Summit' (PS2) Review |last=Jackson |first=Jonah |date=January 30, 2002 |website=Extended Play |publisher=TechTV |accessdate=February 19, 2025 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20020202023755/http://www.techtv.com/extendedplay/reviews/story/0,24330,3369706,00.html |archivedate=February 2, 2002 |url-status=dead}}
}}
The game received "average" reviews on all platforms according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. NextGen said that the Xbox version "looks quite nice, and it's by no means bad, but it falls far short of its intriguing potential." GamePro, however, said that the PlayStation 2 version "puts a new twist on an otherwise-overdone genre: mission-based action on a snowboard. Despite this unique premise, Dark Summit sadly fails in every category."{{cite magazine |url=http://www.gamepro.com/sony/ps2/games/reviews/18483.shtml |title=Dark Summit Review for PS2 on GamePro.com |author=Four-Eyed Dragon |magazine=GamePro |publisher=IDG |issue=161 |date=February 2002 |accessdate=July 22, 2018 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050212134844/http://www.gamepro.com/sony/ps2/games/reviews/18483.shtml |archivedate=February 12, 2005 |url-status=dead}}{{efn|GamePro gave the PlayStation 2 version three 2/5 scores for graphics, sound, and fun factor, and 3/5 for control.}}
The Badger of GameZone gave the Xbox version 7.5 out of 10, calling it "a recommended rental due to the fact that while it does add some new concepts to the genre, it still may leave you feeling like it wasn't quite geared up for the power of the Xbox."{{cite web |url=http://xbox.gamezone.com/gzreviews/r18682.htm |title=Dark Summit (Xbox) |author=The Badger |date=December 3, 2001 |website=GameZone |accessdate=July 22, 2018 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050205004143/http://xbox.gamezone.com/gzreviews/r18682.htm |archivedate=February 5, 2005 |url-status=dead}} However, Nick Valentino gave the PlayStation 2 version 7.8 out of 10, saying, "There is a lot to like about this title even though there are little things that bring it down, but it still a title gamers should definitely check out."{{cite web |url=http://ps2.gamezone.com/gzreviews/r18682.htm |title=Dark Summit Review - PlayStation 2 |last=Valentino |first=Nick |date=December 20, 2001 |website=GameZone |accessdate=July 22, 2018 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070821191830/http://ps2.gamezone.com/gzreviews/r18682.htm |archivedate=August 21, 2007 |url-status=dead}} Michael Lafferty later gave the GameCube version a similar score of 7.8 out of 10, calling it "a solid action game. It features excellent graphics (aside from the pits of green gunk) and an enjoyable, if somewhat predictable, story. This is a fun title."{{cite web |url=http://gamecube.gamezone.com/gzreviews/r18682.htm |title=Dark Summit Review - GameCube |last=Lafferty |first=Michael |date=March 22, 2002 |website=GameZone |accessdate=July 22, 2018 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070903021010/http://gamecube.gamezone.com/gzreviews/r18682.htm |archivedate=September 3, 2007 |url-status=dead}}
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- {{MobyGames|id=/5372/dark-summit/}}
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Category:Snowboarding video games
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