Three Game Pass Titles We Are Playing Over the Weekend (Oct. 10-12)
After the company's recent news of Game Pass subscription changes, including a cost hike for the Ultimate Tier to $thirty per month, many subscribers are looking for new methods to maximize their subscription. For those holding onto their subscription or thinking about signing up, we present this week's picks.
Our selected games include a beloved Japanese role-playing game, a charming independent journey, and a brilliant puzzler set to depart from the service soon.
Persona 4 Golden
Among the best ways to get your money's worth from your subscription is by immersing yourself in a lengthy, captivating role-playing game — and Persona 4: The Golden Edition fits that bill exactly. Players take on the role of a teenager who has relocated to the quiet rural town of Inaba. By day, your objectives involve forming new friends, working part-time jobs, and keeping up with studies. By night, you work to solve a chilling string of murders by venturing into unique dungeons themed around your companions' inner fears.
With a unforgettable cast of characters, tactical turn-based combat, impeccable art design, and a plot packed with surprises, Persona 4 Golden is regarded as a classic for good reason. It also features a incredibly engrossing cycle that will keep you up past bedtime, repeatedly.
Sopa: Tale of the Stolen Potato
Although major titles like Ninja Gaiden 4 are a primary attraction for Game Pass, the platform also showcases smaller games. A perfect example of this is Sopa: Tale of the Stolen Potato. Drawing from the animated classic, this enchanting independent adventure is a magical realist tale rooted in Latin American culture. You join Miho, who, after assisting his grandmother make soup, is pulled into a vibrant realm filled with potato-nabbing frogs and other eccentric animals.
Sopa: Tale of the Stolen Potato plays out like an learning-focused PC game from the 1990s, as Miho tackles challenges and helps the world's residents by collecting an assortment of objects. Even if it's a little rough around the edges, Sopa is a sweet little game that openly celebrates its appreciation for the region's culture.
Cocoon
Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure is set to leave Game Pass on October 15, giving you only a few days to experience it via subscription — and you absolutely must. Developer the creators crafted one of the best puzzlers of this generation in 2023's Cocoon. Its core puzzle mechanic focuses on transitioning among realms within additional worlds, and often you'll carry those worlds, in the shape of vibrant orbs, alongside you.
Although it lacks explicit guidance, everything about Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure's challenges is designed in a highly natural manner, though they can challenge you as well. 2023 was a big year for games, so it's understandable if Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure was a bit overlooked by many players. We should correct that while we can.
