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After the company's recent announcement of Xbox Game Pass subscription updates, featuring a price increase for the Ultimate Tier to $30 per month, numerous subscribers are seeking fresh methods to maximize their subscription. If you keeping their membership or thinking about joining, we present this week's recommendations.

Our selected titles feature a acclaimed JRPG, a delightful indie adventure, and a superb puzzle game set to leave the service soon.

Persona 4: The Golden Edition

Among the top methods to get your money's worth from your subscription is by immersing yourself in a extensive, engaging RPG — and Persona 4 Golden fits that description exactly. Players step into the role of a teenager who has relocated to the quiet countryside of Inaba. By day, your objectives include forming new friends, taking on employment, and managing studies. At night, you investigate a chilling string of murders by exploring strange dungeons themed around your companions' inner fears.

With a unforgettable group of heroes, tactical battle system, flawless visuals, and a storyline full of surprises, Persona 4: The Golden Edition is considered a masterpiece for good reason. It also features a highly addictive gameplay loop that will keep you up past bedtime, repeatedly.

Sopa - Tale of the Stolen Potato

Although big titles like Ninja Gaiden 4 are a key attraction for Game Pass, the platform also showcases lesser-known games. A great example of this is Sopa - Tale of the Stolen Potato. Inspired by Spirited Away, this charming independent adventure is a magical realist tale rooted in Latin American culture. Players follow Miho, who, after assisting his grandma make soup, is transported to a vibrant world filled with potato-nabbing frogs and various quirky creatures.

Sopa: Tale of the Stolen Potato unfolds similar to an educational PC game from the 90s, as Miho tackles puzzles and aids the realm's residents by gathering an inventory of items. Even if it's a little rough around the edges, Sopa is a sweet little game that proudly showcases its appreciation for the region's culture.

Cocoon

Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure is scheduled to exit the service on October 15, giving you only a few days to experience it via subscription — and you absolutely should. Studio the creators designed one of the best puzzle games of this generation in the 2023 release Cocoon. Its central puzzle mechanic revolves around moving between realms within other worlds, and often you'll carry those realms, in the form of vibrant orbs, with you.

While it lacks direct guidance, everything about Cocoon's puzzles is built in a very intuitive way, though they will challenge you as well. The year 2023 proved a big period for video games, so it's understandable if Cocoon was somewhat overlooked by the masses. We should rectify that while we can.