Three Game Pass Games We're Playing Over the Weekend (October 10-12)

After the company's recent announcement of Game Pass membership changes, featuring a cost hike for the Ultimate Tier to $thirty per month, numerous subscribers are looking for fresh methods to get the most from their membership. For those holding onto their membership or considering joining, we present this week's picks.

This weekend's games include a acclaimed JRPG, a charming independent adventure, and a brilliant puzzle game scheduled to leave the service soon.

Persona 4 Golden

Among the best ways to get your money's worth from your subscription is by diving into a extensive, engaging role-playing game — and Persona 4 Golden matches that bill exactly. Players take on the part of a teenager who has just moved to the sleepy rural town of Inaba. By day, your objectives involve forming new friends, working employment, and keeping up with schoolwork. At night, you investigate a chilling string of murders by venturing into strange locations themed around your friends' deepest insecurities.

With a memorable group of heroes, strategic turn-based combat, impeccable art design, and a storyline full of surprises, Persona 4 Golden is regarded as a masterpiece for good reason. It also boasts a highly addictive cycle that will keep you up late into the night, night after night.

Sopa: Tale of the Stolen Potato

Although major releases like Ninja Gaiden IV are a key selling point for Game Pass, the subscription also showcases lesser-known 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 steeped in South American traditions. Players join Miho, who, after helping his grandmother prepare soup, is transported to a vibrant realm filled with potato-stealing frogs and other eccentric animals.

Sopa: Tale of the Stolen Potato unfolds similar to an learning-focused computer title from the 90s, as Miho tackles puzzles and helps the realm's inhabitants by gathering an assortment of items. Even if it's a little unpolished, Sopa is a heartwarming small experience that proudly celebrates its appreciation for the region's culture.

Cocoon

Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure is set to exit the service on October 15, giving you only a few days to experience it via your membership — and you definitely must. Developer Geometric Interactive crafted one of the best puzzlers of recent years in the 2023 release Cocoon. Its central gameplay element revolves around transitioning among worlds inside additional dimensions, and frequently you'll carry those worlds, in the shape of colorful spheres, alongside you.

Although it doesn't have direct guidance, everything about Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure's challenges is built in a very natural manner, though they can challenge you as well. The year 2023 proved a big period for games, so it's no surprise if Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure was somewhat missed by the masses. Let's rectify that now.