I'm sure this has been suggested before (and I'm not quite sure if this is actually implemented yet, since I haven't played this game in ages), but a benchmark/time demo feature would be awesome....

More specifically... a benchmark feature for the Android version. There has been a huge "arms" race in terms of hardware in the mobile sector. With three or four competitive dual core SoC's coming out, there has been a need for 3D engine benchmarks to compare the SoC's. I'm not quite sure how well Vendetta can run outside of Tegra 2, but if the game runs on other SoC's, it would be a nice topic of interest for reviewers to discuss.

Plus, it would be free publicity if VO was to be used in a performance test suite.

Example:
http://www.anandtech.com/show/4243/dual-core-snapdragon-gpu-performance-1-5-ghz-msm8660-adreno-220-benchmarks/1

Anyway, just tossin' that idea out there again. I'm sure there are other hurdles to jump over first (like scaling down the UI for phones, or getting VO on the Android Market)... meh..

Maybe just make a generic/free NAOS graphics benchmark/test suite with a nice Guild Software "buy VO" advert at the end? *Shrug*. I guess this will become possible when you offer better support for Adreno/PowerVR.

... just a thought ;)

I like this very much +1

A benchmark/stress-test mode would be useful when tweaking graphics settings, though you can already get a pretty good stress test by going into a large border skirmish. :)

+1 Other games have it, and it's useful sometimes!

+1 as low priority. Can give some visibility...

We alreary have something similar:

/fps

Displays the immediate performance, instead of a long-term average. I guess it is enough. And notice that the framerate limiter is way more important that a benchmark mode. And we have a lot of priorities.

Ah, the gaming performance also needs a low /ping

EDIT: I just read we have a Demo mode now. Now it makes sense to have min/avg/max FPS displayed as option., only on DEMO mode... So rewrote my vote!