Three Game Pass Titles We Are Playing This Weekend (Oct. 10-12)
Following the company's recent news of Game Pass membership updates, including a cost hike for the Ultimate Tier to $thirty per month, many members are seeking fresh methods to get the most from their membership. If you holding onto their membership or thinking about signing up, here are our latest recommendations.
This weekend's titles feature a acclaimed JRPG, a delightful indie adventure, and a superb puzzler set to leave the platform shortly.
Persona 4: The Golden Edition
One of the best ways to get your money's worth from Game Pass is by diving into a lengthy, captivating RPG — and Persona 4 Golden matches that description perfectly. Players step into the part of a high school student who has just moved to the sleepy countryside of Inaba. By day, your objectives involve forming 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 dungeons based on your friends' deepest insecurities.
With a memorable group of heroes, strategic battle system, flawless visuals, and a storyline packed with surprises, Persona 4 Golden is considered a classic for many reasons. It also features a incredibly engrossing cycle that will have you playing late into the night, repeatedly.
Sopa: Tale of the Stolen Potato
Although big releases like Ninja Gaiden IV are a primary selling point for Game Pass, the platform also highlights smaller games. A perfect example of this is Sopa - Tale of the Stolen Potato. Inspired by the animated classic, this charming independent adventure is a magical realist tale steeped in Latin American culture. Players follow Miho, who, after assisting his grandmother make soup, is transported to a colorful realm filled with potato-stealing frogs and other quirky creatures.
Sopa plays out similar to an learning-focused computer title from the 1990s, as Miho solves challenges and helps the world's inhabitants by collecting an assortment of items. Though it's a little unpolished, Sopa: Tale of the Stolen Potato is a heartwarming small experience that openly celebrates its appreciation for the region's culture.
Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure
Cocoon is set to exit the service on Oct. 15, giving you only a short time to experience it via your membership — and you definitely must. Developer Geometric Interactive designed one of the finest puzzlers of recent years in the 2023 release Cocoon. Its central puzzle mechanic revolves around moving among worlds within additional worlds, and often you'll transport those worlds, in the form of colorful orbs, alongside you.
While it lacks explicit instructions, everything about Cocoon's challenges is built in a highly intuitive manner, yet they will challenge you as well. The year 2023 proved a big year for video games, so it's understandable if Cocoon was somewhat overlooked by the masses. Let's rectify that while we can.
