<s>
Cultures	B-Application
2	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Gates	I-Application
of	I-Application
Asgard	I-Application
(	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
real-time	O
strategy	O
and	O
city-building	B-Application
video	I-Application
game	I-Application
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
released	O
on	O
26	O
August	O
2002	O
by	O
Funatics	O
Software	O
,	O
a	O
video	O
game	O
developer	O
based	O
in	O
Oberhausen	O
,	O
Germany	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Cultures	B-Application
series	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
the	O
sequel	O
to	O
Cultures	B-Application
:	I-Application
Discovery	I-Application
of	I-Application
Vinland	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Cultures	B-Application
2	I-Application
the	O
player	O
builds	B-Application
and	I-Application
develops	I-Application
Vinland	O
settlements	O
by	O
gathering	O
resources	O
and	O
training	O
citizens	O
in	O
various	O
occupations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
follows	O
Bjarni	O
,	O
the	O
main	O
character	O
of	O
Cultures	B-Application
(	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
historic	O
figure	O
Bjarni	O
Herjólfsson	O
)	O
,	O
in	O
his	O
quest	O
to	O
find	O
all	O
the	O
keys	O
to	O
the	O
gates	O
of	O
Valhalla	B-Application
in	O
Asgard	O
and	O
to	O
defeat	O
the	O
Midgard	O
Serpent	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
Ragnarök	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
has	O
isometric	B-Application
graphics	I-Application
.	O
</s>
