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After Microsoft's recent news of Game Pass membership changes, including a cost hike for the Ultimate Tier to $30 monthly, numerous members are seeking new ways to maximize their subscription. If you keeping their membership or thinking about joining, we present this week's recommendations.

This weekend's games include a acclaimed Japanese role-playing game, a delightful independent adventure, and a brilliant puzzle game scheduled to depart from the service shortly.

Persona 4 Golden

Among the top ways to get your money's worth from your subscription is by diving into a lengthy, engaging RPG — and Persona 4: The Golden Edition matches that bill perfectly. Players take on the role of a high school student who has relocated to the quiet countryside of Inaba. During the day, your objectives involve making new friends, working employment, and managing schoolwork. By night, you investigate a chilling string of murders by venturing into strange locations themed around your friends' inner fears.

With a memorable cast of characters, strategic battle system, impeccable visuals, and a plot full of twists, Persona 4 Golden is regarded as a masterpiece for good reason. It also boasts a incredibly engrossing cycle that will have you playing past bedtime, repeatedly.

Sopa - Tale of the Stolen Potato

While big releases like Ninja Gaiden 4 are a primary attraction for Game Pass, the platform also showcases smaller indie gems. A perfect instance of this is Sopa - Tale of the Stolen Potato. Drawing from Spirited Away, this charming independent game is a magical realist journey steeped in South American culture. You follow Miho, who, after assisting his grandma prepare soup, is pulled into a colorful realm filled with potato-nabbing frogs and various quirky animals.

Sopa: Tale of the Stolen Potato unfolds like an educational PC game from the 1990s, as Miho solves puzzles and helps the realm's inhabitants by gathering an assortment of items. Though it's a little unpolished, Sopa: Tale of the Stolen Potato is a sweet little experience that openly celebrates its appreciation for the region's culture.

Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure

Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure is scheduled to exit the service on October 15, giving you only a short time to experience it via your membership — and you absolutely should. Studio the creators crafted one of the best puzzlers of this generation in the 2023 release Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure. Its central gameplay element focuses on transitioning between worlds within other dimensions, and frequently you'll transport those worlds, in the form of vibrant orbs, with you.

While it lacks explicit instructions, everything about Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure's challenges is built in a highly natural way, yet they can test you as well. 2023 was a big period for games, so it's understandable if Cocoon was a bit missed by many players. We should correct that while we can.