Age of Empires III Guy Whines About Review Scores, LOL-Tastic "Innovation Bias"

Us game reviewers sure are mean folk, what with our thinking games should be innovative and everything. And in my experience, a range of review scores is a given, considering--stay with me--everyone likes different things. He, of course, retreats to the last refuge of a desperate man, the "OUR GAME MUST BE REALLY GOOD AND INNOVATIVE BECAUSE SALES ARE SO GOOD SO HA!" Oh, man. I hate to do this, but let's take a look at the sales charts...