I'm really surprised by the amount of criticism this project is getting, especially compared to the dozens of other Kickstarter 'hits' that I felt were more deserving of said critique.

The real question to me is this - can this team pull it off? If yes, then I don't care about the state of the project, only that the team is invested in it. If the team cannot, then yes, that's a real problem. However, I don't see anyone talking about the team at all.