Sonic RPG Episode 8

The boss in this episode starts the fight with 80000 HP, while your two heroes have about 4000 each. That gap is the whole story of the battle: you cannot trade hits with him, so every turn has to count. Sonic RPG Episode 8 is a free fan made turn based RPG game you play in your browser. You watch Sonic and Shadow track down a powerful new enemy, then take control of both heroes in an RPG style fight against Seelkadoom.

Key Controls

• Menus, scenes and battle commands: LEFT CLICK
• Skip the intro or jump to the main menu: SPACE

How It Works

Sonic RPG Episode 8, subtitled The Superior Hedgehog, is a sprite movie with interactive battles in RPG style rather than a full RPG. Play Movie runs the story from the start, as Sonic and Shadow race through a jungle and into stone ruins with speech shown as subtitles, and Scene Select splits the episode into 5 parts so you can jump straight to the fight or skip it and keep watching.

The battle puts Sonic and Shadow in their golden super forms against Seelkadoom, who floats in front of a full moon. Sonic starts with 4000 HP and 430 SP, and Shadow starts with 3600 HP and 580 SP. On each turn you pick one of 4 commands: Attack, Skill, Special or Overlimit. Seelkadoom answers with attacks that hit both heroes at once, so his turns drain your whole party.

1. Click PLAY and then GO! on the Read First screen.
2. Press SPACE to skip the intro if you want the menu right away.
3. Click Play Movie for the full story or Scene Select to pick a part.
4. Choose Battle Start! to go straight to the fight.
5. Click Attack, Skill, Special or Overlimit on each hero's turn.
6. Pick a move from the list and watch the damage hit the HP bar.
7. Bring Seelkadoom from 80000 HP down to 0 to continue the story.

What Makes It Stand Out

• Movie and game in one: Animated story scenes lead into a battle you control.
• 2 heroes, 2 move sets: Sonic and Shadow each have their own skills and specials.
• SP costs: Skills such as Chaos Spear for 20 SP and Chaos Control for 60 SP make you budget every turn.
• Healing and shields: Healer, Holy Drops and Royal Shield keep the party alive through big hits.
• Overlimits: A charging O.L. bar unlocks the strongest moves, including a Team Overlimit.
• Scene Select: 5 chapters let you replay the fight or skip it entirely.

Getting Started

• Open Game Help before the Sonic RPG Episode 8 battle. The 5 help pages explain attack order, defense and Overlimits in plain terms.
• Use Sonic's Attack as often as you like. It costs no SP, so it is the safe choice when you want to save points for healing.
• Spend Shadow's SP on skills. Shadow has the bigger SP pool, so Chaos Spear and Chaos Blast are his best way to deal steady damage.
• Keep HP above 1900. The help pages warn that Seelkadoom's strongest attack can defeat both heroes in one blow below that point.

Going Further

Sonic RPG Episode 8 is a battle about timing your resources. Sonic's Sacrificer costs 900 HP instead of SP, which makes it a strong move only while his health is high, and the help pages suggest using it whenever he has 2800 HP or more. Shadow's Royal Shield costs 100 SP but blocks all damage for the party, which turns a dangerous enemy turn into a safe one. Team Overlimit can take a quarter of Seelkadoom's maximum HP when used well, but one of your turns is skipped after it, so follow it with Holy Drops or Royal Shield. The Game Help screen also advises keeping a hand on the ARROW KEYS for the Overlimits. The author calls this battle easy on purpose, so the goal is to enjoy the fight rather than grind it.

Mistakes Worth Avoiding

• Spending all SP on damage. Without SP left, you cannot heal after a party wide attack.
• Using Sacrificer at low HP. Losing 900 HP can leave Sonic open to a finishing blow.
• Wasting a full O.L. bar. An Overlimit sitting unused is lost damage.
• Skipping the help pages. They explain exactly how the boss fight is meant to be won.

Similar RPG Games

If the turn based fight was the best part, Battle Arena: RPG Online lets you train archers, mages and knights and send them against dangerous creatures. Clicker Heroes swaps turns for clicks as you hire heroes and push through boss zones with huge HP numbers. For a quick and silly take on the genre, Missile Dude RPG has you fire missiles at waves of pink demons. The story continues in Sonic RPG Episode 9, the next chapter of the series. More picks are in Flash Games.

Final Thoughts

The Sonic RPG Episode 8 game is a short fan made episode that mixes a sprite movie with one big boss battle, and the title screen already points ahead to Episode 9. Playing Sonic RPG Episode 8 online works best on a computer with a mouse, since every menu and battle command is a click. Players looking for a long RPG with leveling and exploration will find it brief, as the episode is built around a single fight.

FAQs About Sonic RPG Episode 8

1. What is Sonic RPG Episode 8?

   Sonic RPG Episode 8 is a fan made turn based RPG battle told through an animated story. Sonic and Shadow face Seelkadoom, a boss with 80000 HP, in the episode called The Superior Hedgehog.

2. How to play Sonic RPG Episode 8?

   Click Play Movie to watch the story, or Scene Select to jump to a part. In the battle, click Attack, Skill, Special or Overlimit on each hero's turn and pick a move from the list.

3. How do you beat Seelkadoom in Sonic RPG Episode 8?

   Keep both heroes above 1900 HP, save SP for Healer and Holy Drops, and use Shadow's Royal Shield to block a full enemy turn. Use every Overlimit as soon as its bar is full.

4. Can you skip the battle in Sonic RPG Episode 8?

   Yes. Scene Select in Sonic RPG Episode 8 lists Opening, Introduction, Battle Start!, Superiority Struggle and Credits, so you can skip the fight and keep watching the story.

5. What happens after Sonic RPG Episode 8?

   The story continues in Sonic RPG Episode 9, and the title screen of Sonic RPG Episode 8 already advertises its trailer.

6. Can I play Sonic RPG Episode 8 on mobile?

   Sonic RPG Episode 8 is set up for a computer. It is an old Flash game played with mouse clicks, and it has no layout made for touch screens.