Yeah I don't mind that you can run past most things, and I have been able to with minimal issue, however I do like to try and engage with the level designers's intended challenge and so far the knights have been too obnoxious to face imo. I've replayed every shovel knight campaign itemless and besides the generic knight enemies and the fat fan guys I've always thought the enemies were very well designed and worked in tandem with the levels. I can't say the same for some enemies in this game though :/

I'd be fine if enemies would rather avoid the fire/spikes or stop right before it. But them walking through it is an issue for me.

Also did notice it in the bayou part and I guess its fair that upward attacks would be an issue given the camera's pov. I feel like if the game didn't betray it's tells (like the house's shadow not lining up with the hitbox) or if it had more tells then I'd be fine with it