Three Game Pass Games We Are Playing Over the Weekend (October 10-12)
Following Microsoft's latest news of Game Pass subscription updates, featuring a cost hike for the top tier to $30 per month, numerous subscribers are seeking new ways to maximize their membership. If you holding onto their subscription or thinking about signing up, here are our latest picks.
Our selected games include a beloved JRPG, a delightful indie adventure, and a brilliant puzzle game set to leave the service shortly.
Persona 4 Golden
Among the top ways to maximize value from Game Pass is by diving into a lengthy, captivating role-playing game — and Persona 4 Golden matches that description exactly. You take on the role of a high school student who has relocated to the quiet countryside of Inaba. By day, your objectives include forming new friends, working employment, and keeping up with studies. By night, you investigate a disturbing serial murder case by venturing into strange locations based on your companions' deepest insecurities.
With a memorable group of heroes, strategic turn-based combat, flawless art design, and a storyline full of surprises, Persona 4: The Golden Edition is regarded as a classic for many reasons. It also features 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 selling point for Game Pass, the platform also showcases smaller games. A great example of this is Sopa: Tale of the Stolen Potato. Drawing from the animated classic, this charming indie game is a magical realist journey rooted in Latin American culture. You follow Miho, who, after helping his grandma prepare soup, is transported to a colorful realm filled with potato-nabbing frogs and other quirky animals.
Sopa unfolds similar to an learning-focused computer title from the 1990s, as Miho solves puzzles and helps the world's inhabitants by collecting an inventory of objects. Though it's a bit rough around the edges, Sopa is a sweet little game that proudly showcases its love for the region's culture.
Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure
Cocoon is scheduled to exit the service on October 15, leaving only a few days to play it via your membership — and you definitely should. Studio Geometric Interactive crafted one of the best puzzle games of this generation in the 2023 release Cocoon. Its central puzzle mechanic focuses on transitioning among worlds within other worlds, and frequently you'll transport those worlds, in the shape of colorful orbs, alongside you.
While it doesn't have direct instructions, everything about Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure's challenges is built in a highly natural way, yet they can test you as well. 2023 was a big period for games, so it's understandable if Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure was somewhat overlooked by the masses. Let's correct that now.
