''Polanie II'' , also known as ''KnightShift'' and ''Once Upon a Knight'', is a

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and role-playing video game hybrid developed by

Reality Pump Studios TopWare Interactive – AC Enterprises e.K. is a German video game publisher based in Karlsruhe. The company is best known for publishing the '' Two Worlds'' series developed by its Reality Pump Studios division. History TopWare Interactive ...

and released by

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for the PC

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and OS X in 2003. The game is a follow-up to '' Polanie'', published by USER in 1996. ''KnightShift (Director's Cut Special Edition)'' was released for Windows later in 2003.

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A sequel, ''Polanie 3'' or ''KnightShift 2: Curse of Souls'', was announced in 2004. A playable demo was already available in 2004, with plans for a release in 2005. It was supposed to be a computer rpg-type game, abandoning its real-time strategy roots. The game was supposed to be available for the PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 platforms. The game was never released under that name. However, it eventually lost all of its RTS elements and morphed into a computer role-playing game released in 2007 as '' Two Worlds''.

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