No, your impression is correct, there are no plans for a version without figures......at least not yet.
Just watched the video.......dreadful. Background music drowns out the commentary, camera jumps around and in and out of focus....and all deliberately done in post processing. An attempt to look edgy and cool has resulted in something virtually unwatchable and un-intelligible....disaster.
I agree with everything you just said. So do many people on kickstarters leading the creators to post this.
"It seems our footage doesn’t meet your expectations… Of course your comments are extremely valuable to us, and because we take your criticism very much to heart, we’ve decided to make another one. Tripod, camera, action! Nothing else. No special effects only game mechanics. It’s Friday, weekend ahead of us, so there is no time to lose, we are getting down to work. We will post a new gameplay by the end of the weekend.
P.S. We are grateful for every positive comment : )."