Kabuto is good, its actually first and the last decent single entry title for the PS2, the only other somewhat decent KR game in PS2 are Genealogy of justice and CH1
probably because its an anniversary title that the actually put some effort in making it, unlike the previous annual titles, which are just quick cash-ins
A game based on a single riders' series looks and sounds much better than the MvC-thing CH is doing.
not really, the only somewhat still playable KR game BEFORE the PS2 kabuto is agito, and before agito, the first KR and V3
there's a reason why Black Shroud never bothers to make a guide for the pre kabuto PS2 KR's and that's not just because he doesn't have the free time to do it.
kuuga, ryuuki, faiz, blade, and hibiki's solo entry in the gaming world have been nothing but a disappointing cash-in crap without any depth in gameplay at all
the DS KRDK is somewhat better than the PS1 ryuuki in some way but its still quite disappointing for a DS title, i mean even Draglade has more depth than it.
so yeah, rather than having random somewhat decent KR games every 4 years or so i rather have a somewhat "not worse than it's prequel" KR game every year, at least by still having CH as a format, they won't screw it that much if there's a sequel