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Following Microsoft's latest news of Game Pass subscription changes, featuring a price increase for the top tier to $thirty per month, many members are looking for new methods to maximize their membership. For those holding onto their subscription or thinking about signing up, here are this week's recommendations.

Our selected titles feature a beloved JRPG, a delightful indie journey, and a superb puzzler scheduled to depart from the platform shortly.

Persona 4 Golden

Among the top methods to get your money's worth from your subscription is by diving into a extensive, captivating RPG — and Persona 4: The Golden Edition fits that bill perfectly. Players step into the role of a teenager who has relocated to the sleepy rural town of Inaba. By day, your objectives involve making new friends, taking on employment, and keeping up with schoolwork. By night, you work to solve a disturbing string of murders by venturing into unique locations based on your companions' inner fears.

With a memorable cast of characters, strategic turn-based combat, flawless visuals, and a storyline full of twists, Persona 4: The Golden Edition is regarded as a classic for good reason. It also boasts a highly engrossing cycle that will have you playing past bedtime, night after night.

Sopa: Tale of the Stolen Potato

While major titles like Ninja Gaiden 4 are a key selling point for the service, the platform also showcases smaller indie gems. A great instance of this is Sopa - Tale of the Stolen Potato. Inspired by Spirited Away, this charming independent adventure is a magical realist journey rooted in Latin American traditions. You follow Miho, who, after assisting his grandmother prepare soup, is transported to a colorful world populated by potato-stealing frogs and other quirky animals.

Sopa: Tale of the Stolen Potato plays out like an learning-focused computer title from the 1990s, as Miho tackles challenges and aids the world's inhabitants by collecting an assortment of objects. Though it's a bit rough around the edges, Sopa is a heartwarming little game that openly showcases its love for the region's culture.

Cocoon

Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure is scheduled to exit the service on Oct. 15, giving you only a few days to play it via your membership — and you absolutely must. Developer the creators crafted one of the finest puzzlers of recent years in the 2023 release Cocoon. Its central gameplay element focuses on moving between realms within additional dimensions, and frequently you'll carry those worlds, in the form of vibrant orbs, with you.

While it lacks explicit guidance, everything about Cocoon's puzzles is designed in a highly intuitive way, yet they can challenge you as well. The year 2023 proved a massive period for games, so it's understandable if Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure was a bit missed by the masses. We should rectify that now.