I watched my dad play this when I was maybe 7 or 8 and Cave Story+ was in some humble bundle or something. He got the bad end and was like "uhh i guess that's it" and never played it again to my knowledge.

shockingly similar to Eva, by the way. I mean I guess a lot of Japanese indie sci-fi stuff is really Eva influenced but the use of such a simple structure to tell so many intertwined stories is really reminiscent of the show. beautiful game