Should you help Fargrimr or Astridr in Hellblade 2?

Hellblade 2 is almost entirely a linear experience. Barring some slight changes in how you tackle combat or how quickly you solve puzzles, each player gets from point A to point B in the same way. That is, except for one specific moment near the end of the game. Here’s whether you should help Fargrimr or Astridr in Hellblade 2.

Should you go with Fargrimr or Astridr in Hellblade 2?

This choice appears when proceeding through the Jarnvior forest near the end of Hellblade 2. As you progress, you’ll link back up with your companions who are experiencing their deepest fears come to life. Senua partially helps both Fargrimr and Astridr with their issues, but then comes upon a crossroads where she must choose who to help. The one who’s lost his way, or the one who fears what can’t die by the blade.

While this may seem like a big choice, who you choose here doesn’t affect the main story in any meaningful way. You’ll help one of them navigate the forest for a few moments before finding the other down the path, shaken up but no worse for wear. After meeting up with Thorgestr, the story proceeds as if the choice never came up.

While it is a little sad that neither choice matters, it’s likely Ninja Theory just wanted to test your thoughts on who you’d help in that situation more than making you decide who lives or dies. If you had to choose between someone who could no longer fight for themselves and someone who could no longer see the path forward, who would you choose to save?