I totally agree. I think the Deleos and Kretz really wanted to pick up where they left off from SLDD and make up for lost time. They wanted a glorious return to form and to build on that legacy. The first year of that reunion tour was pretty successful financially. I don't know that I necessarily expected self titled 2010 to be Core 2.0, simply because this band was always evolving, and covering old ground was never quite their thing.
Side note.... it is of my belief that if we ever were going to get a full record of heavy hard rockers from these guys (a Core 2.0 perhaps) it would have happened in 2003 and that ship sailed due to the breakup. I'll tell you why I believe this. They were still with Atlantic, and major labels were still pushing nu-metal type acts. So the label would have been pushing for a heavier record as heavy is what was selling at the time. Plus, look at "All In The Suit That You Wear". I know the topic in this thread is if Scott recorded with these guys after 2010 ST, but really, what I'd be super interested in hearing is what songs this band would have come up with had they not broken up at the end of 2002.