100 Percented it in a little over a day, very fun, but why does every ending with researcher friend make you just a pet or nice automatically? Is it to show that you chose to save the researcher instead of leaving them, meaning you're good?
More or less, yes! I'd like to think that the game kind of puts the player in the lens of our little guy, and the choices made in the game reflect the player's, and by extension, NOVA's intent :)