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dolphinsarefuntoday at 3:23 AM0 repliesview on HN

Since ecco the dolphin just had two remasters and a new game announced, I decided to ask for it to show me a map of the first stage of tides of time. Should be easy, it just has to search for it and then generate something off of it. The stage is mostly empty too, just an open area, then a large opening with an upward current that leads to a separate bay with a warp ring. Three spaces, some dolphins and a circle.

It did a diagram that has absolutely nothing to do with the actual stage, not even close. And tells me a complete whole slew of completely wrong information. It shows pod of dolphins that teach you to dash attack (you know it by default). It shows a power sonar crystal (the sonar is a default ability, there is a "power" sonar I guess, but it is not obtained from crystals, and while the game features crystals, there are none in the game until level 3 and they look nothing like the diagram's). It shows air pockets... which are just bubbles (In the game, there are actually air refilling bubbles, but air pockets would refer to a small bit of open air in an underwater tunnel, like, the actual, you know, real life geological feature.)There are some medusas far off in the background in the image (They're yellow. The ones in the game are clear. They are also not present until later levels). An exit cave leads to the sea of silence (An actual stage. Wrong game.). A random cave says "Health source" (???? You do heal by eating fish but???). There is no warp ring.

So basically, the ONLY correct elements in the diagram are the presence of dolphins and the fact the diagram is labeled "Home Bay". Every single other element on this is wrong and would be wrong for all iterations of the Home Bay.

For a visual search tool, this sucks at visuals.