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After the company's latest announcement of Game Pass membership updates, featuring a cost hike for the Ultimate Tier to $30 monthly, numerous members are looking for new ways to maximize their subscription. For those holding onto their membership or thinking about joining, we present this week's recommendations.

Our selected games feature a acclaimed JRPG, a charming independent adventure, and a brilliant puzzler scheduled to leave the platform soon.

Persona 4 Golden

One of the best ways to maximize value from your subscription is by diving into a extensive, captivating role-playing game — and Persona 4: The Golden Edition matches that description exactly. Players take on the part of a teenager who has just moved to the sleepy rural town of Inaba. During the day, your objectives include forming new friends, working employment, and managing studies. By night, you investigate a disturbing serial murder case by exploring strange locations based on your friends' deepest insecurities.

With a memorable group of heroes, tactical battle system, flawless visuals, and a storyline packed with surprises, Persona 4: The Golden Edition is regarded as a classic for many reasons. It also features a incredibly engrossing gameplay loop that will keep you up past bedtime, repeatedly.

Sopa - Tale of the Stolen Potato

Although major titles like Ninja Gaiden 4 are a key selling point for Game Pass, the subscription also highlights lesser-known games. A perfect example of this is Sopa - Tale of the Stolen Potato. Drawing from the animated classic, this charming independent game is a fantasy tale rooted in South American traditions. Players join Miho, who, after assisting his grandmother prepare soup, is transported to a vibrant world populated by potato-nabbing frogs and other eccentric creatures.

Sopa: Tale of the Stolen Potato unfolds similar to an educational computer title from the 90s, as Miho tackles challenges and helps the world's inhabitants by collecting an inventory of items. Though it's a bit unpolished, Sopa: Tale of the Stolen Potato is a heartwarming small game that proudly showcases its love for the region's culture.

Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure

Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure is set to leave the service on Oct. 15, leaving only a few days to experience it via subscription — and you absolutely must. Developer Geometric Interactive designed one of the finest puzzle games of recent years in 2023's Cocoon. Its core gameplay element revolves around moving between worlds within additional worlds, and often you'll transport those worlds, in the shape of vibrant spheres, alongside you.

Although it lacks explicit guidance, everything about Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure's puzzles is built in a very natural manner, though they can test you as well. The year 2023 proved a big year for video games, so it's no surprise if Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure was a bit missed by the masses. We should rectify that now.