What is the most disappointing 3D platformer of all time?

Rushed sequels, broken launches and ambitious ideas that never quite came together, and some of them still sting decades later. Where do you stand?

1

Sonic the Hedgehog (2006)

The 2006 series reboot shipped unfinished, with long loading screens and physics bugs that overshadowed its ambition.

1000pts

2

Bubsy 3D

The 1996 PlayStation platformer whose stiff tank controls and bare visuals became shorthand for a bad 3D leap.

905pts

3

Blinx: The Time Sweeper

The 2002 Xbox mascot hopeful had a clever time-rewind hook buried under an awkward camera and time limits.

665pts

4

Spyro: A Hero's Tail

The 2004 entry was competent but drew criticism for padding and losing the original trilogy's pace.

596pts

5

Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric

The 2014 Wii U spin-off launched with broken collision and a redesign fans rejected.

596pts

6

Sonic and the Black Knight

The 2009 Wii entry replaced platforming with on-rails sword swinging to a lukewarm reception.

517pts

7

Glover

The 1998 N64 puzzle-platformer about steering a rubber glove and ball, hobbled by imprecise handling.

517pts

8

Yooka-Laylee

The 2017 crowdfunded Banjo-Kazooie successor arrived with a camera and level design critics found dated.

423pts

9

Shadow the Hedgehog

The 2005 spin-off bolted guns and branching missions onto Sonic movement, splitting critics and fans.

423pts

10

Sonic Lost World

The 2013 entry's parkour controls and Nintendo-flavored level design landed as a step sideways.

423pts

11

Crash Twinsanity

The 2004 entry's inventive ideas and humor were undercut by an unfinished, bug-prone build.

423pts

12

Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex

The 2001 sequel repeated the trilogy's formula with notorious loading times and weaker level variety.

310pts

13

Spyro: Enter the Dragonfly

The 2002 sequel shipped with frame-rate problems and missing content after a rushed schedule.

310pts

14

Pac-Man World 3

The 2005 sequel traded the series' bright platforming for slower stealth and puzzle sections.

310pts

15

Bubsy: The Woolies Strike Back

The 2017 revival was criticized as thin and short even by fans hoping for a comeback.

310pts

16

Balan Wonderworld

Yuji Naka's 2021 platformer drew criticism for one-button combat and repetitive stage design.

310pts

17

Jak and Daxter: The Lost Frontier

The 2009 handheld-first sequel was widely seen as the weakest chapter in a beloved series.

172pts