Knack 1 was a mess. It did have a few nice thing going for it, but some flaws ruined the game like way too simplistic combat with crazy difficulty spikes for no reason or constantly watching 20 second cutscenes of your character just walking a few steps or jumping 2 feet on a platform, like why??? 2 was much better and pretty much improved on everything, but I feel like the damage was done at this point and there was no saving the franchise. I also didn't care for the story for either game.
Wait, did I say not care? No, I meant I was rolling my eyes at least twice in every cutscene. Few games can make me skip cinematics, yet I gave up after a while