I'll second Criticom (which I dub Criti-Crap, though there was 1 background in the game I liked, the Meteor background) and must mention a game that really left a bad taste in my mouth:

Perfect Weapon. Ugh.

I also didn't care for Battle Arena Toshiden 3 (I loved the 1st 2 games) mostly because they got rid of the pits and replaced them with barriers so you can't fall off...