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Following the company's latest news of Game Pass membership changes, featuring a cost hike for the Ultimate Tier to $thirty per month, numerous members are seeking fresh methods to maximize their membership. If you keeping their subscription or thinking about joining, we present this week's picks.

Our selected games include a acclaimed Japanese role-playing game, a charming independent adventure, and a brilliant puzzler set to depart from the service soon.

Persona 4 Golden

Among the top ways to get your money's worth from Game Pass is by diving into a lengthy, captivating RPG — and Persona 4 Golden matches that bill perfectly. Players step into the role of a teenager who has just moved to the sleepy rural town of Inaba. By day, your objectives include forming friendships, taking on employment, and managing schoolwork. At night, you work to solve a chilling serial murder case by venturing into unique locations themed around your companions' deepest insecurities.

With a memorable cast of characters, tactical turn-based combat, impeccable visuals, and a plot full of surprises, Persona 4 Golden is regarded as a classic for many reasons. It also features a highly addictive gameplay loop that will keep you up late into the night, repeatedly.

Sopa: Tale of the Stolen Potato

Although big titles like Ninja Gaiden 4 are a primary attraction for Game Pass, the platform also highlights smaller indie gems. A perfect instance of this is Sopa: Tale of the Stolen Potato. Drawing from the animated classic, this charming independent game is a fantasy journey rooted in Latin American culture. Players join Miho, who, after helping his grandmother prepare soup, is transported to a vibrant realm populated by potato-nabbing frogs and various eccentric animals.

Sopa plays out like an learning-focused computer title from the 90s, as Miho tackles challenges and aids the realm's inhabitants by collecting an inventory of items. Even if it's a little rough around the edges, Sopa: Tale of the Stolen Potato is a sweet little game that proudly showcases its love for the region's culture.

Cocoon

Cocoon is set to leave the service on October 15, leaving only a short time to experience it via your membership — and you absolutely must. Developer Geometric Interactive designed one of the finest puzzlers of this generation in the 2023 release Cocoon. Its core gameplay element revolves around transitioning among realms within additional dimensions, and frequently you'll carry those worlds, in the shape of colorful orbs, alongside you.

Although it doesn't have explicit instructions, everything about Cocoon's challenges is built in a highly intuitive manner, though they can test you as well. 2023 was a massive period for video games, so it's no surprise if Cocoon was a bit missed by many players. We should correct that now.