Unlike the original Counter-Strike, you only have to wait five seconds to respawn if you're killed. Standoff 2's main game mode is a Deathmatch, in which two teams battle against each other for five minutes. By default, your weapon's shooting button appears on both sides of the screen which makes the action more comfortable for you. The control system of Standoff 2 is really well adapted to touchscreens, with a virtual d-pad on the left side of the screen and the gun's crosshair on the right. All the maps are clearly based on Counter-Strike maps, such as Dust 2 or Italy, but at a reduced size that makes the game experience much more frantic. Standoff 2 is a multiplayer, Counter-Strike style FPS in which two teams face off inside relatively small settings.