<s>
Fearless	B-Application
and	I-Application
United	I-Application
Guards	I-Application
(	O
abbreviated	O
as	O
FAU-G	B-Application
or	O
FAUG	B-Application
)	O
is	O
an	O
action	B-Application
game	I-Application
developed	O
by	O
Bengaluru	O
based	O
company	O
nCORE	B-Application
Games	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
worldwide	O
on	O
26	O
January	O
2021	O
for	O
Android	B-Application
and	O
in	O
March	O
2021	O
for	O
iOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
CEO	O
of	O
nCore	B-Application
Games	I-Application
,	O
Vishal	O
Gondal	O
said	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
had	O
been	O
under	O
development	O
since	O
May	O
2020	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
developers	O
had	O
been	O
recruited	O
to	O
develop	O
the	O
game	O
before	O
the	O
Indian	O
ban	O
on	O
PUBG	B-Application
Mobile	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gondal	O
stated	O
that	O
FAU-G	B-Application
would	O
not	O
be	O
competing	O
with	O
PUBG	B-Application
,	O
and	O
that	O
it	O
would	O
not	O
be	O
a	O
battle	O
royale	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
initially	O
scheduled	O
for	O
an	O
autumn	O
release	O
in	O
2020	O
,	O
and	O
it	O
was	O
eventually	O
released	O
for	O
Android	B-Application
on	O
26	O
January	O
2021	O
,	O
and	O
for	O
iOS	B-Application
in	O
March	O
2021	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
the	O
gameplay	O
is	O
a	O
bit	O
like	O
soft	O
release	O
of	O
a	O
game	O
,	O
it	O
features	O
a	O
story	O
mode	O
plotted	O
upon	O
the	O
incidents	O
of	O
the	O
Galwan	O
Valley	O
clash	O
in	O
which	O
the	O
player	O
goes	O
through	O
many	O
close	B-Application
combat	I-Application
fights	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gondal	O
said	O
that	O
FAU-G	B-Application
could	O
incorporate	O
many	O
of	O
India	O
's	O
previous	O
historic	O
border	O
clashes	O
into	O
future	O
episode	O
story	O
lines	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
Kargil	O
incident	O
,	O
the	O
India-Pakistan	O
war	O
of	O
1971	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
surgical	O
strikes	O
of	O
2016	O
,	O
among	O
others	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
release	O
,	O
FAU-G	B-Application
received	O
generally	O
mixed-to-negative	O
reviews	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
India	O
Today	O
gave	O
the	O
game	O
4.5	O
stars	O
out	O
of	O
10	O
,	O
and	O
stated	O
,	O
"	O
an	O
incomplete	O
lackluster	O
game	O
that	O
is	O
no	O
PUBG	B-Application
rival	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Techradar	O
gave	O
the	O
game	O
2	O
stars	O
out	O
five	O
and	O
stated	O
,	O
"	O
FAUG	B-Application
is	O
basic	O
,	O
bland	O
and	O
can	O
hardly	O
be	O
called	O
a	O
game	O
worthy	O
of	O
attention	O
in	O
2021	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
India	O
Today	O
gave	O
that	O
game	O
2	O
out	O
of	O
5	O
stars	O
and	O
stated	O
,	O
"	O
As	O
a	O
starting	O
point	O
,	O
FAU-G	B-Application
is	O
about	O
okay	O
as	O
I	O
was	O
not	O
expecting	O
much	O
from	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Though	O
the	O
company	O
has	O
stated	O
that	O
FAU-G	B-Application
is	O
not	O
meant	O
to	O
replace	O
or	O
copy	O
PUBG	B-Application
,	O
inevitable	O
comparisons	O
are	O
bound	O
to	O
happen.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
also	O
a	O
subject	O
of	O
review	O
bombing	O
from	O
audiences	O
,	O
who	O
compared	O
it	O
unfavorably	O
to	O
other	O
battle	O
royale	O
games	O
like	O
PUBG	B-Application
,	O
but	O
still	O
remained	O
the	O
top	O
downloaded	O
game	O
on	O
Play	B-Application
Store	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
the	O
number	O
one	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
'	O
free	O
games	O
 '	O
category	O
on	O
the	O
play	B-Application
store	I-Application
,	O
until	O
after	O
the	O
reviews	O
,	O
it	O
came	O
to	O
11th	O
position	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
response	O
to	O
the	O
criticisms	O
,	O
Vishal	O
Gondal	O
,	O
Founder	O
of	O
nCore	B-Application
Games	I-Application
,	O
stated	O
in	O
a	O
telephone	O
interview	O
with	O
Gadget	O
360	O
that	O
,	O
"	O
This	O
is	O
really	O
quite	O
unfortunate	O
.	O
</s>
