If you consider me as someone defending them, I'm not. I'm just stating known facts about the game development process, and the huge investment of time it is. The sentiment of vitriol that some posters project is silly in my mind when they could ask for a refund and be done with it, and/or wait until the game releases.
If you have want to have a legitimate discussion of your concerns, post what concerns you.
To the fact we were lied to? It could be a lie, or a miscalculation, but let me take your perspective that it was a lie:
One explanation I would think of is the company was strapped for cash and needed some hype to get more development bux. If that was true, I personally don't care about how they go about their PR/Marketing gimmicks. I've seen so many companies, that everyday are doing much worse amoral shit to our society that I don't care if pumping cash into their bank account via hype was the reason they missed the first date. Again back to the time sink, I understand that, and time literally costs money. I pre-purchased the game because I believe in the vision behind it, as well as Asylum's track record from Altis life that's it.
No your not a bad person for being disappointed, hell I get disappointed in peoples actions everyday, but disappointment is different than being bitter, which how I felt your post came off, I could be wrong though, I have been many times before.