Dark Summit Hints (PS2)

Dark Summit is a video game developed by Radical Entertainment Inc. and published by THQ Inc. The game was created for the PlayStation 2 console from Sony, the original Xbox from Microsoft and the GameCube. It was released in November 2001. The game is classed as a sports title based on snowboarding and is played from a third person perspective.

Sports games based on free form activities, like snowboarding, skateboarding and roller skating, usually use an arena format where the challenge is to pull combos of moves in order to reach a high score and move on to a new arena. Dark Summit does not take this route and wants to introduce a significant and deep story to sports titles. It fails miserably, as the whole thing feels tacked on and only half through. The idea is that Mount Garrick, a mountain whose summit is well known for its good snowboarding slopes, has been closed off to all people by the military, with Chief O'Leary in charge of getting all snowboarders off the mountain. They are not prepared to leave so easily and are determined to find out what is happening on Mount Garrick.

Playing as a snowboarder, you must perform various missions in order to solve the mysteries of the mountain. There's a mission where you must find and disarm a bomb and one which involves sabotaging a cannon. Since this is, after all, a snowboarding game, you can also pull tricks which earn points that can be spent on equipment.

GAMEPLAY HINTS

Boost of air

When on an area that has a bomb, jump immediately before it, then land on it. This requires some practice. When timed correctly, you will be able to get a quick special move in for an extra 6,000 or so points. This is useful for beginners that do not have all of their equipment yet.

Extra points

Hold Select + Start, then press Triangle, Square, L1, Circle, R1, X, R1, X at the main menu. A sound will confirm correct code entry. You will now have 9,100,000 lift points which unlock all lifts except for the Moon Gate. You will also have 9,100,000 equipment points, which unlock all boards, accessories, and special tricks.

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