Pollen (Stylised P·O·L·L·E·N) is a first-person exploration game optimized for the upcoming Oculus Rift virtual reality headset.
Pollen is a first-person exploration game set on Titan, the sixth and largest moon of Saturn and the only moon in the solar system with an atmosphere and vast liquid seas, where life may exist. Inspired by science-fiction classics Solaris, 2001: A Space Odyssey and Moon, as well as adventure games Gone Home and The Dig, Pollen begins as the player docks and enters Research Station M. Inside the research station, the player moves from room to room and explores a fully interactable environment. Each step forward leads to new discoveries about the fate of the crew and the secrets that they have uncovered.
Pollen will be optimized for the upcoming Virtual Reality headsets and motion controllers on launch. If you own a VR headset you can enter Research Station “M” just like you were actually on Titan.
The gameplay will not take camera control away from you, use jump scares, have frame drops or any other clear discomforts of VR…except where its intentional like the drunk mode. The best movement type in VR for you can be chosen from the different movement modes (regular, comfort, 25 degree jumping etc.) and multiple tweaks are available from head bob to gamepad acceleration.
Pollen is a first-person exploration game set on Titan, the sixth and largest moon of Saturn and the only moon in the solar system with an atmosphere and vast liquid seas, where life may exist. Inspired by science-fiction classics Solaris, 2001: A Space Odyssey and Moon, as well as adventure games Gone Home and The Dig, Pollen begins as the player docks and enters Research Station M. Inside the research station, the player moves from room to room and explores a fully interactable environment. Each step forward leads to new discoveries about the fate of the crew and the secrets that they have uncovered.
Pollen will be optimized for the upcoming Virtual Reality headsets and motion controllers on launch. If you own a VR headset you can enter Research Station “M” just like you were actually on Titan.
The gameplay will not take camera control away from you, use jump scares, have frame drops or any other clear discomforts of VR…except where its intentional like the drunk mode. The best movement type in VR for you can be chosen from the different movement modes (regular, comfort, 25 degree jumping etc.) and multiple tweaks are available from head bob to gamepad acceleration.
P·O·L·L·E·N Key Features:
1, Kotaku
2, Game Revolution
3, Techradar
4, Road to VR
5, A Kirsty Moment
6, Cubed Gamers
7, Gaming Masters
P·O·L·L·E·N Key Features:
1, Kotaku
2, Game Revolution
3, Techradar
4, Road to VR
5, A Kirsty Moment
6, Cubed Gamers
7, Gaming Masters
After the failed assassination of President Kennedy, NASA combined forces with the Soviet space program. A permanent moonbase was established in the 70s and space technology kept booming throughout the decade as inventions such as anti-gravity allowed objects to be lifted cheaply into orbit. The famous moonbase became a tourist attraction in the 90s as commercial space flights continued to expand the frontier towards the outer solar system
Rama Industries is one of the many organizations expanding the human frontier. Though encountering a disaster from time to time they push forward and search for new possibilities in space. One of the most interesting being the latest findings on the saturnian moon Titan, where the research of Station “M” has taken a spotlight.
The five person research team has now been working on “M” for one year, expanding the base and making wonderous discoveries until two months ago when one of their technicians went missing in a work related accident and a replacement is needed.
| Minimum System Requirements | Recommended System Requirements | |
| CPU | Intel Core i3-2120 3.3GHz / AMD Phenom II X4 965 | Intel Core i5-3570 3.4GHz / AMD FX-8350 |
| VRAM | 2 GB | 4 GB |
| RAM | 4 GB | 8 GB |
| OS | Win 7 64 | Win 10 64 |
| Graphics Card | nVidia GeForce GTX 650 2GB / AMD Radeon HD 7870 | nVidia GeForce GTX 970 4GB / AMD Radeon R9 290X |
| Direct X | DX 11 | DX 11 |
| HDD Space | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Game Analysis | P·O·L·L·E·N will require Radeon R9 290X graphics card with a Core i5-3570 3.4GHz or FX-8350 processor to reach the recommended specs, achieving high graphics setting on 1080p. Don't try and play P·O·L·L·E·N without 4 GB, which helps get the 30FPS Another thing to consider is the DirectX capability of your GPU. P·O·L·L·E·N needs a GPU capable of running DirectX 11. To summarise, P·O·L·L·E·N needs around a 5 year old PC to play at recommended settings. | |
| High FPS | 110 FPS ( GTX 1060 ) | |
| Optimization Score | 10 | |