Unfortunately, your reasoning for loving this album doesn't really make sense. Sure, it can be entertaining. I'll give it that. But comparing it to RIP is just indefensible. How can these songs top classics like "Poison was the Cure," "Five Magicks," "Tornado of Souls" or the massively awesome "Hangar 18"? Most of the riffs on this album are stale, the time changes (when they are there) are pretty dull, and Mustaine's lyrics are really starting to suck. It also isn't better than Master of Puppets, although I'd like to point out that I'm not a major fan of that, and that it was made by Metallica, Megadeth's ultimate nemesis. And on that note, I'd like to say that this is still better than "St. Anger," and will probably be better than Metallica's forthcoming CD.