🔗 Share this article

After Microsoft's latest news of Game Pass membership updates, featuring a price increase for the top tier to $30 per month, numerous members are seeking new ways to maximize their membership. If you keeping their membership or considering signing up, here are this week's recommendations.

This weekend's games feature a acclaimed JRPG, a delightful indie journey, and a brilliant puzzler set to leave the platform shortly.

Persona 4: The Golden Edition

One of the top methods to maximize value from Game Pass is by diving into a lengthy, captivating RPG — and Persona 4: The Golden Edition matches that bill perfectly. Players take on the part of a teenager who has relocated to the sleepy rural town of Inaba. By day, your goals involve making new friends, taking on employment, and managing schoolwork. By night, you investigate a chilling serial murder case by venturing into strange locations themed around your friends' inner fears.

With a memorable group of heroes, tactical battle system, flawless visuals, and a storyline packed with twists, Persona 4: The Golden Edition is regarded as a masterpiece for many reasons. It also boasts a incredibly addictive cycle that will have you playing late into the night, night after night.

Sopa: Tale of the Stolen Potato

Although major releases like Ninja Gaiden 4 are a key attraction for Game Pass, the platform also highlights lesser-known indie gems. A perfect instance of this is Sopa: Tale of the Stolen Potato. Drawing from Spirited Away, this charming indie game is a magical realist journey steeped in South American culture. Players follow Miho, who, after helping his grandma prepare soup, is transported to a vibrant world populated by potato-nabbing frogs and other quirky animals.

Sopa plays out similar to an educational computer title from the 90s, as Miho solves puzzles and helps the realm's inhabitants by gathering an assortment of objects. Even if it's a bit unpolished, Sopa is a heartwarming small experience that openly celebrates its appreciation for South America.

Cocoon

Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure is set to exit Game Pass on October 15, giving you only a few days to experience it via subscription — and you definitely must. Developer Geometric Interactive crafted one of the finest puzzlers of recent years in 2023's Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure. Its core puzzle mechanic revolves around transitioning between realms inside additional dimensions, and frequently you'll carry those worlds, in the form of colorful orbs, alongside you.

While it doesn't have explicit guidance, everything about Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure's challenges is designed in a very intuitive way, yet they can challenge you as well. 2023 was a big period for video games, so it's understandable if Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure was a bit missed by many players. Let's rectify that while we can.