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After the company's recent announcement of Xbox Game Pass membership changes, featuring a cost hike for the top tier to $thirty per month, many members are looking for new ways to maximize their subscription. For those holding onto their membership or thinking about joining, we present our latest picks.

Our selected games include a beloved JRPG, a delightful independent adventure, and a brilliant puzzle game scheduled to depart from the service soon.

Persona 4: The Golden Edition

Among the best ways to maximize value from your subscription is by immersing yourself in a extensive, engaging RPG — and Persona 4: The Golden Edition matches that bill perfectly. Players step into the part of a high school student who has just moved to the quiet rural town of Inaba. During the day, your goals involve making new friends, working part-time jobs, and keeping up with studies. By night, you work to solve a chilling serial murder case by venturing into strange dungeons themed around your friends' inner fears.

With a memorable group of heroes, strategic turn-based combat, impeccable visuals, and a storyline packed with twists, Persona 4 Golden is considered a classic for many reasons. It also boasts a highly engrossing cycle that will have you playing past bedtime, repeatedly.

Sopa: Tale of the Stolen Potato

Although big releases like Ninja Gaiden 4 are a primary attraction for Game Pass, the subscription also showcases smaller indie gems. A great instance of this is Sopa: Tale of the Stolen Potato. Inspired by Spirited Away, this enchanting independent adventure is a magical realist tale rooted in South American culture. Players join Miho, who, after assisting his grandmother prepare soup, is transported to a vibrant world populated by potato-stealing frogs and other quirky creatures.

Sopa unfolds like an learning-focused computer title from the 1990s, as Miho tackles challenges and aids the world's inhabitants by collecting an assortment of objects. Even if it's a little rough around the edges, Sopa: Tale of the Stolen Potato is a sweet small game that proudly showcases its appreciation for South America.

Cocoon

Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure is set to leave Game Pass on October 15, giving you only a short time to play it via your membership — and you definitely must. Developer the creators crafted one of the best puzzle games of recent years in the 2023 release Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure. Its core puzzle mechanic focuses on moving among worlds inside additional worlds, and frequently you'll transport those worlds, in the form of vibrant spheres, with you.

Although it doesn't have direct guidance, everything about Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure's puzzles is designed in a highly intuitive way, though they can challenge you as well. 2023 was a big year for video games, so it's no surprise if Cocoon was a bit missed by the masses. Let's correct that while we can.