Totally agreed. Cancelling the 72 hour early access is highly unethical. It's called bait and switch and many countries have laws to protect consumers against it.
If this proves to be the case I will be very disappointed in Larian. Lots of trust will have been lost.
Respectfully, this is nonsense. They said it was launching 8/31, and EA players would get act 1 on 8/28.
Then they moved it up to 8/3 for everybody. To complain about the 72 hour thing disappearing when you're getting the game 3 weeks earlier than you otherwise would makes no sense.
It comes across as "I need my special shiny that other people don't get."
You're getting the game much earlier than anticipated, there is nothing logical to complain about
Its pretty hilarious people are trying to make this a false advertising thing
Imagine telling a judge "my icecream cone got turned into a Sunday, nut not there people have Sundays, thats illegal!"
I think it's more like:
before purchase:
"You'll be able to access Act 1 72 hours before the release date if you purchase Early Access"
right before release:
"You cannot access Act 1 72 hours before the release date, but now the release date is moved up a month for everyone"
Do you see the difference? If people purchased the game with the understanding that a 72 hour early access before the release date (those dates that change all the time), then they could be understandably expecting that 72 hour to hold, even if the release date is moved up. If EA was advertised as including 72-hour early access before the normal buyers, then yes, it is false advertising if they changed it. Now, if they never mentioned 72 hour early access as part of the deal, then it's not false advertising, but just moving the release date doesn't make them exempt from promises.
