🔗 Share this article Three Game Pass Games That Will Validate Your Membership During the Weekend (Nov. 21-23) After the recent price increase for Game Pass Ultimate, the earlier uproar has calmed down. Although it may not be seen as the absolute best deal in gaming now, the platform has welcomed a number of big-name launch day releases lately, including Ninja Gaiden 4 and The Outer Worlds 2. Those additions only enhance a massive library of numerous games ideal for weekend-long gaming binges. Our current picks include a therapeutic shooter, an award-winning independent gem, and a must-play HD-2D RPG. Resistance: Sniper Elite Every so often, everyone needs a little catharsis. Over two decades, the Sniper Elite franchise has provided exactly that. Rebellion Developments' enduring shooter series presents players ultraviolent mayhem against Nazi forces. This year, the studio launched Sniper Elite: Resistance, a well-timed addition to the series. While it doesn't reinvent the formula, Resistance remains a polished dose of immersive sim World War II open environments filled with enemy objectives. The sniping is as visceral and gratifying as always, featuring the series' trademark killcam showing each shot's effect in graphic, explicit detail. It's a violent excitement for every peace-lover wanting to unwind in the safety of a virtual space. Resist 1000x 1000xResist tells an critically acclaimed story exploring post-pandemic existence, generational pain, and much more. It approaches these themes through a sci-fi perspective; you play as Watcher, a member of multiple clones of Iris, the sole survivor of a global outbreak that eradicated humanity. Watcher and her fellow clones explore Iris's recollections from when Earth was beset by that terrible disease, along with memories of her education and family life, neither of which were bearable for a teenager. Watcher learns Iris is not what she appears, and the plot unfolds from that point. If all that mystery fails to grab your interest, the game indeed start with a killing. Is there a more compelling opening than that? Octopath Traveler II Yes, completing a gazillion-hour RPG in only nine days is a challenging task, but if there's any game deserving trying the grind for, it's Octopath Traveler 2. Square Enix's HD-2D gem is leaving Game Pass at the close of the month (as is the first game, also available). However, due to a break in the midst, at least for players in the States, it's technically achievable. Octopath Traveler 2 follows 8 characters, every one embodying a distinct genre. There's a investigative tale about a cleric looking into the murder of his cathedral's head priest. A merchant aiming to solve poverty through the force of capitalism headlines a western-themed adventure. There's even a mystery about an herbalist with memory loss (since every good RPGs require a hero with an unknown past, naturally). A few of these plots intertwine in surprising, intriguing ways, while you progress through a stunning 19th-century inspired world. And the combat is excellent — stat-focused gameplay boiled to its purest form.