Eh, no it doesn't.
Almost everybody who complains about Rome (and now, about MTW2) were in fact great fans of MTW and/or STW.
A lot of great features (of wich dismount was only a minor one) were abandoned for no apparant real reason, with the excuse "that it would just confuse non-hardcore players"
The fact that dismounting is out is only the last drop. I'd still buy MTW2 without hesitation if I knew for a fact that the faction limit is up to over 26, if the developers made an effort to emulate the great civil wars of MTW original, if CA made a credible pledge to support the modding community, et cetera. But the cold hard truth is that likely we'll have none of that.
@ Poodle: CA isn't evil, not sure where I gave you the idea that I thought so. They're no better or worse then the average company trying to make a profit. If you love CA's work so much, good for you. Spend your own money as you see fit.
edit: spelling
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