What do you think of the playable characters in Spyro YOTD?

Do you think they were a fine addition to the game, or were they unnecessary?

I am obviously talking about Sheila, Sgt. byrd, bentley and Agent 9. I will talk about Hunter and Sparx levels in another post.

I personally liked playing as them. The problem is that they are way too slow, and they cannot charge unlike Spyro, which can make their levels/sublevels a bit tedious at times.

Sheila was fine (in the original), the way she jumped around the levels was satisfying, and i loved the fact that you could jump very high. The problem is, well, that her hopping can be too slow. In Reignited, well, i think that she controls worse. Her hopping is slow, and her jumping doesn't feel quite right.

Sgt. Byrd was my favourite character. I always loved that in Enchanted Towers you could play as him, and explore the towers with him while flying. You could play the whole level as him. He can shoot rockets and he can fly as well, and he can pick up items. The problem is that he takes a bit too long to fly. Sgt Byrd's base was tedious to play because of his slow flying.

Bentley is as fast as a snail. Oh boy. His slow movement is frustrating. Okay, breaking stuff with his giant club, killing enemies.. i didn't like his gameplay particularly. Not to mention, he had the most difficult sub levels, yeti boxing and whack a mole. Not my favourite out of the bunch. In Sonic's words, "You're too slow!"

Agent 9. Oh boy, my favourite. I loved shooting rhynocs and enemies with him. This may be an unpopular opinion, but i actually liked playing with him in first person and shooting rhynocs in Fireworks Factory and shooting the dinosaurs in Dino Mines. His main level (Agent 9's Lab) was a good one, and i loved the fact that the Professor served as the tutorial for the player. His section in Haunted Tomb was a bit challenging. Challenging, but i still found it fun.

What do you think about them?