Strike Force Heroes 2 - Shop + Slot Machine

**Justin** · **12-21-2012 03:28 PM - Strike Force Heroes 2 - Shop + Slot Machine**

The Shop

In SFH2, the shop was also the equip menu. You would see every weapon available, and were able to purchase and use it once you became high enough level. Now that you have your own inventory system, the shop will show a random 5 weapons and equipment, which change everytime you complete a match. (Each class has his own shop with his own weapons and equipment in it). The shop will always have weapons close to your level, so you can keep checking back to upgrade your weapons to higher level versions.

The Slot Machine

New to Strike Force Heroes is the slot machine!
While you can get weapons and equipment from the shop normally, the slot machine has a few key benefits.

It is much cheaper than purchasing items or equipment directly
You can unlock new camo's for your characters
If you're lucky and land on $ $ $, you can actually win quite a bit of money by playing the slots
The slot machine has a much better chance at rare weapons and equipment
The slot machine is one of the only places to get Custom weapons, which are by far the strongest you can get!

Custom Weapons and Equipment

You can get rare items from the shop if you're lucky, but the slot machine has a much higher chance to get these.
It also has a chance to give very powerful custom items.

For example, you might get an LSW, modified to shoot concussion rounds, which explode and damage nearby enemies.
(An extremely fast machine gun that fires explosive bullets? Yes please!)

**Justin** · **12-21-2012 03:33 PM - RE: Strike Force Heroes 2 - Shop + Slot Machine**

Custom Weapons and Equipment (cont')

Or how about a custom Stinger rocket launcher, modified to fire EMP rounds that have a chance to cause enemy weapons to malfunction, making them do reduced damage?

While you can find a refined or flawless version of any item, only the Custom (yellow) items have these powerful modifiers attached to them. By throwing your extra money into the slot machine, you can end up with some very interesting custom weapons and equipment. The added stats are randomized, so even if you had 30 versions of the same custom weapon, they will all be completely different. One may be modified to deal extra damage to flesh, while another one freezes enemies, and another sets them on fire, etc. The possibilities are endless!

Bad Luck

Though, remember that getting the jackpot is a very low chance, there's also a chance to get some very useless items.

If you're (un)lucky enough to get 3 Poops, you'll be rewarded(?) with some pretty useless items. These items aren't very useful (as shown below) though they could be sold to get a bit of your money back.

Extra Notes - New Money System

The whole money system has changed. In SFH1, you had a limited amount of money. Enough that you'd have to really think about which weapon to unlock next.

In SFH2 you're given quite a lot of money. Now with all the money, you're encouraged to buy lots of weapons, experiment with which ones you like best, and try your luck in the slot machine. Rather than money only being a means of unlocking the next weapon, we want it to be used as a tool of experimentation.

See 2 similar weapons, with one being stronger but slower, and the other having a lot more ammo? Buy them both! Try them out, and sell the one you don't like. See a broken or rusted weapon that looks cool? It may have some negative side effects, but just buy it anyway! You can just try it and then sell it when you're done. You now have the freedom to play like this.

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