I'm playing Bamham the First for the first time.
Goddamn I love it. The level design is complex with a great amount of attention to detail. Characters are interesting and the biographies help flashing them out for anyone who hasn't read the comics. Scenery is varied, original (that Scarecrow fight). The pacing is godlike, getting upgrades (gadgets) progressively reminds me of Metroid/Castlevania.
But I have one gripe with the game. What's that combat system? There's only three combinations you need to defeat any enemy: Counter, then hit; Stun, then hit; Let them run into walls, then hit. It's repetitious and boring. This is especially surprising because I had heard about how innovative the combat system was supposed to be before starting playing Bamham.