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After the company's recent announcement of Game Pass membership changes, featuring a price increase for the top tier to $30 monthly, numerous members are looking for new methods to get the most from their membership. For those keeping their membership or considering joining, we present this week's recommendations.

This weekend's games include a acclaimed Japanese role-playing game, a delightful indie adventure, and a brilliant puzzler scheduled to leave the platform shortly.

Persona 4 Golden

One of the best methods to get your money's worth from your subscription is by immersing yourself in a extensive, engaging RPG — and Persona 4: The Golden Edition fits that bill perfectly. You step into the part of a high school student who has relocated to the quiet rural town of Inaba. By day, your objectives involve forming new friends, working employment, and keeping up with studies. At night, you work to solve a chilling string of murders by exploring strange dungeons based on your companions' deepest insecurities.

With a memorable group of heroes, tactical battle system, impeccable visuals, and a storyline packed with twists, Persona 4 Golden is regarded as a classic for good reason. It also boasts a incredibly addictive gameplay loop that will have you playing late into the night, repeatedly.

Sopa: Tale of the Stolen Potato

Although major releases like Ninja Gaiden IV are a key attraction for Game Pass, the platform also highlights smaller games. A great example of this is Sopa - Tale of the Stolen Potato. Drawing from the animated classic, this charming indie adventure is a fantasy tale steeped in Latin American traditions. You follow Miho, who, after assisting his grandma prepare soup, is pulled into a vibrant world filled with potato-nabbing frogs and other quirky creatures.

Sopa unfolds like an learning-focused computer title from the 1990s, as Miho solves challenges and aids the world's residents by gathering an inventory of objects. Even if it's a little rough around the edges, Sopa is a heartwarming little experience that openly celebrates its love for South America.

Cocoon

Cocoon is scheduled to exit Game Pass on October 15, giving you only a short time to play it via subscription — and you absolutely should. Developer Geometric Interactive crafted one of the finest puzzle games of this generation in 2023's Cocoon. Its core puzzle mechanic focuses on moving between realms within other dimensions, and often you'll carry those realms, in the shape of colorful orbs, alongside you.

Although it lacks explicit guidance, everything about Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure's challenges is built in a highly natural way, though they can challenge you as well. 2023 was a massive period for video games, so it's no surprise if Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure was somewhat overlooked by the masses. We should correct that while we can.