Uncovered: Resurfaced

The original Uncovered is often cited as being a poorly-executed story with lots of potential. Most complaints, from both Gaboza and players of the game, stem from the same three problems:

• Boring, monotonous battle system

• Inconsistently-paced plot and rushed climax/ending

• Seemingly general lack of story direction

Uncovered: Resurfaced sought out to fix a lot of these issues, by doing things such as:

• Giving every different party member vastly different movesets, stat spreads, and equipment capabilities

• Introducing a wider variety of enemies so no two battles feel the same

• Having bosses challenge the meta for that point in the game, requiring out-of-the-box thinking as the game progresses

• Spending time on fleshing out the vast world of Emvi

• Implementing actual backtracking capabilities, as well as fast travel

• Making it so something can always be done to move the plot forward, but giving players room to relax and explore the environment

• Giving events time to play out and not throwing everything at the player at once

The game's playtester, Jakob Brill (Melakozmo) had strong, genuine, and positive reactions to many story events, even despite having played the original game. He thoroughly enjoyed the game's battle system, praising it multiple times for allowing the employment of many creative strategies as well as having to think of the optimal strategy to use for the game's harder fights.

Other friends who have spectated the story's gameplay have commented on the notable step up from the original.

Gaboza has stated he would likely rate the story a 9/10 in the 'Ranking Every Gaboza Story' video series, a notable step up from the original game's rating of 6/10.