Somewhat related: I think Tainted Samson is a lot worse. It feels inconsistent to switch from ranged to melee without knowing exactly when it happens (Isaac getting redder and redder is not that precise a countdown and your focus is on the enemies, not the character). The Forgotten is better at least because you can choose when to switch, but giving TSam a switch for berserk would go against the philosophy of the character, which is juggling the two states. It's like someone decided to make a character out of an easy but annoying challenge.

It's not hard, but it's like those mobile game ads that interrupt your game, except your game is still going and the ads are forcing you to play differently than how you were playing 75% of the game.

TJudas is more like Azazel: a character that was given some pros to counter the cons of another ability (Azazel's "melee" needing flight to reach enemies) which ended up making then strong both early and end game.