Three Xbox Game Pass Titles We're Playing Over the Weekend (October 10-12)
After Microsoft's latest announcement of Xbox Game Pass membership changes, featuring a price increase for the top tier to $30 per month, numerous subscribers are looking for fresh methods to maximize their subscription. If you holding onto their membership or considering signing up, we present our latest picks.
Our selected titles feature a beloved JRPG, a charming indie adventure, and a superb puzzler set to depart from the platform soon.
Persona 4 Golden
Among the top methods to get your money's worth from Game Pass is by diving into a lengthy, captivating role-playing game — and Persona 4: The Golden Edition matches that bill perfectly. Players step into the part of a teenager who has just moved to the sleepy countryside of Inaba. During the day, your objectives include making friendships, working employment, and managing studies. By night, you work to solve a disturbing string of murders by venturing into strange dungeons based on your friends' inner fears.
With a memorable group of heroes, tactical turn-based combat, flawless art design, and a plot full of surprises, Persona 4 Golden is regarded as a masterpiece for good reason. It also features a incredibly addictive gameplay loop that will have you playing late into the night, repeatedly.
Sopa: Tale of the Stolen Potato
While big releases like Ninja Gaiden 4 are a key attraction for the service, the platform also highlights smaller indie gems. A perfect example of this is Sopa - Tale of the Stolen Potato. Inspired by the animated classic, this enchanting independent adventure is a magical realist tale steeped in Latin American traditions. You follow Miho, who, after assisting his grandma prepare soup, is pulled into a colorful world filled with potato-stealing frogs and other eccentric creatures.
Sopa unfolds like an learning-focused computer title from the 1990s, as Miho tackles challenges and helps the world's residents by collecting an assortment of items. Though it's a bit rough around the edges, Sopa is a heartwarming small experience that openly celebrates its appreciation for the region's culture.
Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure
Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure is set to leave the service on Oct. 15, giving you only a short time to play it via subscription — and you definitely must. Developer the creators designed one of the finest puzzle games of this generation in 2023's Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure. Its core gameplay element focuses on transitioning among realms within other worlds, and frequently you'll carry those realms, in the form of colorful orbs, with you.
While it doesn't have direct instructions, everything about Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure's puzzles is built in a highly natural manner, yet they can test you as well. 2023 was a big period for video games, so it's no surprise if Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure was somewhat overlooked by many players. Let's rectify that now.
