I'm with you Youthanasia but The System Has Failed is by far the best Megadeth album since then.
Endgame is good but that collection of songs VS The Scorpion, Blackmail The Universe, Die Dead Enough, Kick The Chair and Kingdom of Deth, lyrically, arrangement wise and riff composition are flawless heavy metal songs in my book, I can't find 4 flawless songs on Endgame frankly, there are awesome bits here and there and there're a couple of well thought near flawless songs like Endgame and The Right To Go Insane but nothing that really stands up to the songs on The System Has Failed.