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After Microsoft's latest news of Xbox Game Pass membership changes, featuring a cost hike for the top tier to $thirty per month, numerous members are seeking new methods to maximize their subscription. If you keeping their membership or thinking about joining, we present our latest recommendations.

This weekend's titles feature a beloved JRPG, a delightful indie journey, and a brilliant puzzle game scheduled to depart from the service soon.

Persona 4 Golden

One of the best ways to maximize value from Game Pass is by immersing yourself in a lengthy, captivating RPG — and Persona 4 Golden matches that description exactly. Players step into the role of a teenager who has just moved to the sleepy countryside of Inaba. By day, your goals involve making new friends, taking on employment, and managing schoolwork. By night, you work to solve a chilling serial murder case by venturing into strange locations themed around your companions' deepest insecurities.

With a unforgettable cast of characters, tactical turn-based combat, impeccable visuals, and a storyline full of twists, Persona 4 Golden is regarded as a masterpiece for many reasons. It also features a incredibly engrossing gameplay loop that will have you playing late into the night, repeatedly.

Sopa: Tale of the Stolen Potato

Although big titles like Ninja Gaiden 4 are a primary selling point for Game Pass, the subscription also highlights lesser-known indie gems. A great instance of this is Sopa - Tale of the Stolen Potato. Inspired by Spirited Away, this enchanting indie game is a fantasy journey steeped in Latin American traditions. You follow Miho, who, after assisting his grandma prepare soup, is pulled into a colorful world populated by potato-stealing frogs and various quirky creatures.

Sopa: Tale of the Stolen Potato unfolds like an educational PC game from the 90s, as Miho solves challenges and helps the world's inhabitants by collecting an inventory of items. Though it's a bit unpolished, Sopa is a sweet small experience that openly showcases its love for South America.

Cocoon

Cocoon is scheduled to exit the service on Oct. 15, leaving only a few days to experience it via subscription — and you absolutely must. Studio Geometric Interactive designed one of the finest puzzle games of this generation in the 2023 release Cocoon. Its central gameplay element focuses on transitioning between realms within other dimensions, and frequently you'll carry those realms, in the form of vibrant spheres, with you.

While it doesn't have explicit instructions, everything about Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure's challenges is built in a highly natural way, yet they can challenge you as well. The year 2023 proved a big year for video games, so it's understandable if Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure was a bit missed by the masses. We should correct that while we can.