Polanie II, also known as KnightShift and Once Upon a Knight, is a real-time strategy and role-playing video game hybrid developed by Reality Pump Studios and released by Topware Interactive for the PC Windows and OS X in 2003.[1] The game is a follow-up to Polanie, published by USER in 1996.[2] KnightShift (Director's Cut Special Edition) was released for Windows later in 2003.

Polanie II
Cover art for the title as named "KnightShift"
Developer(s)Reality Pump Studios
Publisher(s)Topware Interactive
Director(s)Mirosław Dymek
Janusz Grzyb
Daniel Duplaga
Producer(s)Alexandra Constandache
Designer(s)Mirosław Dymek
Alexandra Constandache
Dirk P. Hassinger
Programmer(s)Jacek Sikora
Maciej Kordas
Konrad Kwiatkowski
Artist(s)Alexandra Constandache
Jerzy Kowalik
Platform(s)Windows, OS X
Genre(s)Real-time strategy, role-playing

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Legacy

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A sequel, Polanie 3 or KnightShift 2: Curse of Souls, was announced in 2004.[3][4] 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.[5][6] The game was supposed to be available for the PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 platforms.[7][8] The game was never released under that name.[4] However, it eventually lost all of its RTS elements and morphed into a computer role-playing game released in 2007 as Two Worlds.[9]

References

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  1. ^ "Polanie 2 - Gry". gry.onet.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2018-03-20.
  2. ^ "Polanie (PC) | GRYOnline.pl". GRY-Online.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2018-03-20.
  3. ^ "Polanie 3 w produkcji | GRYOnline.pl". GRY-Online.pl. Retrieved 2019-04-10.
  4. ^ a b "Polanie 3, KnightShift 2: Curse of Souls PC | GRYOnline.pl". GRY-Online.pl. Retrieved 2019-04-10.
  5. ^ "Pierwsze wrażenia z gry Polanie 3 | GRYOnline.pl". GRY-Online.pl. Retrieved 2019-04-10.
  6. ^ "Polanie 3 trafią do sklepów w już na początku przyszłego roku | GRYOnline.pl". GRY-Online.pl. Retrieved 2019-04-10.
  7. ^ "Knight Shift 2: Curse of Souls". IGN.
  8. ^ "KnightShift 2: Curse of Souls". GameSpot.
  9. ^ ""Zrób jakąś grę" - rozmawiamy z Mirosławem Dymkiem, twórcą kultowych Polan". technologie.onet.pl (in Polish). 2015-03-25. Retrieved 2019-04-10.
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