Three Game Pass Titles We Are Enjoying Over the Weekend (October 10-12)
After Microsoft's latest news of Game Pass membership updates, featuring a cost hike for the top tier to $thirty per month, numerous members are seeking fresh methods to maximize their membership. For those holding onto their subscription or considering joining, here are this week's picks.
Our selected games feature a beloved JRPG, a delightful indie journey, and a brilliant puzzle game scheduled to depart from the platform soon.
Persona 4: The Golden Edition
Among the best methods to get your money's worth from Game Pass is by diving into a extensive, captivating role-playing game — and Persona 4: The Golden Edition matches that bill exactly. You take on the role of a teenager who has just moved to the sleepy countryside of Inaba. During the day, your goals include making new friends, taking on employment, and managing studies. By night, you investigate a chilling serial murder case by exploring strange locations themed around your friends' deepest insecurities.
With a unforgettable group of heroes, tactical battle system, impeccable visuals, and a plot packed with surprises, Persona 4: The Golden Edition is considered a classic for many reasons. It also features a incredibly engrossing gameplay loop that will keep you up late into the night, repeatedly.
Sopa: Tale of the Stolen Potato
Although major titles like Ninja Gaiden 4 are a key selling point for the service, the subscription also highlights smaller games. A perfect instance of this is Sopa - Tale of the Stolen Potato. Drawing from Spirited Away, this charming indie game is a magical realist journey rooted in Latin American culture. Players join Miho, who, after assisting his grandma prepare soup, is transported to a colorful realm filled with potato-stealing frogs and other eccentric animals.
Sopa: Tale of the Stolen Potato plays out similar to an learning-focused PC game from the 1990s, as Miho tackles puzzles and aids the realm's residents by gathering an inventory of objects. Even if it's a bit rough around the edges, Sopa: Tale of the Stolen Potato is a heartwarming little experience that openly celebrates its appreciation for South America.
Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure
Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure is set to leave Game Pass on Oct. 15, leaving only a short time to play it via your membership — and you absolutely must. Studio Geometric Interactive designed one of the best puzzle games of this generation in 2023's Cocoon. Its core puzzle mechanic focuses on moving among realms within additional dimensions, and frequently you'll transport those realms, in the shape of colorful spheres, alongside you.
While it doesn't have direct guidance, everything about Cocoon's challenges is built in a very intuitive way, yet they can challenge you as well. The year 2023 proved a massive year for games, so it's understandable if Cocoon was somewhat overlooked by the masses. Let's rectify that now.
