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Following Microsoft's recent announcement of Game Pass subscription updates, including a price increase for the Ultimate Tier to $thirty monthly, numerous subscribers are seeking new methods to maximize their subscription. For those holding onto their subscription or considering signing up, we present this week's recommendations.

Our selected games feature a acclaimed JRPG, a delightful indie journey, and a brilliant puzzle game scheduled to leave the platform shortly.

Persona 4 Golden

One of the top methods to maximize value from your subscription is by diving into a lengthy, engaging role-playing game — and Persona 4 Golden fits that bill perfectly. You take on the part of a high school student who has relocated to the sleepy rural town of Inaba. By day, your objectives include forming new friends, taking on part-time jobs, and keeping up with schoolwork. At night, you work to solve a disturbing serial murder case by exploring unique dungeons based on your companions' inner fears.

With a unforgettable cast of characters, tactical battle system, impeccable visuals, and a plot packed with surprises, Persona 4 Golden is considered a masterpiece for good reason. It also boasts a incredibly engrossing gameplay loop that will have you playing late into the night, night after night.

Sopa - Tale of the Stolen Potato

Although big releases like Ninja Gaiden 4 are a key selling point for the service, the subscription also showcases lesser-known games. A perfect example of this is Sopa: Tale of the Stolen Potato. Drawing from Spirited Away, this charming independent game is a magical realist tale rooted in Latin American traditions. Players join Miho, who, after helping his grandmother make soup, is transported to a colorful world filled with potato-nabbing frogs and other eccentric animals.

Sopa unfolds like an learning-focused computer title from the 1990s, as Miho solves puzzles and helps the world's residents by collecting an inventory of objects. Though it's a bit rough around the edges, Sopa is a heartwarming small game that openly celebrates its appreciation for South America.

Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure

Cocoon is set to leave Game Pass on Oct. 15, leaving only a few days to experience it via your membership — and you definitely should. Studio Geometric Interactive designed one of the finest puzzlers of this generation in the 2023 release Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure. Its central puzzle mechanic revolves around moving among realms within additional dimensions, and frequently you'll carry those worlds, in the form of colorful orbs, alongside you.

Although it doesn't have explicit guidance, everything about Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure's puzzles is designed in a highly natural manner, yet they can test you as well. 2023 was a big period for games, so it's understandable if Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure was a bit missed by the masses. We should rectify that while we can.