Which game is blizzard under more pressure to make amazing?

[Bad Ash]

Simple poll, which game is blizzard under more pressure to make as good as humanly possibly. obviously they are going to try this for both Starcraft 2 and D3, but if both were not to live up to the hype, which one would blizzard be more upset failed to keep the title true. :scratchchin:

[HappyAssassin]

Votes here are screwy by the way. But the short answer is: Starcraft. The reason is just as short: Korea.

[ill logic]

Votes here are screwy by the way

I got put in some thread in the single player forum about a world cup when I voted.

Anyway, yeah SC2. W/ Diablo 3 all we have are a few kids wanting it to look like their mom's basement.

[JonnyK]

SC2 is under more pressure. If D3 sucks you'll have the same level of reaction *pretty much* as there was when hellgate (for the most part) failed. If SC2 is bad they have an entire country mad about a bad iteration on their national sport. It's like asking if a company is under more pressure to make a good game out of real life NFL Football or pictionary.

[Sein Schatten]

Both, because if one of them sucks, I'll send Blizzard post with white powder in the mails. ;) :P

[Pyrohemia]

Cool when I voted I got directed into a thread about voting for which team or country (didn't read very closely) will win at soccer.

Back on topic: Starcraft is definitely under more pressure to be great because of the need to appeal to the professional gamers along with the general public. Diablo 3 just needs to be cool to appeal to general public and previous Diablo fans.

[Starving_Poet]

I'd bet diablo 3 since they're not going to be breaking any RTS mold with SC2.

[Xdeathfire]

Starcraft mainly because IMO, it has remained much more popular than Diablo 2 over the years. (Just look at South Korea) The OSL and MSL are still televised with real professional commentators and is like a semi national sport in S Korea while Diablo 2 is dying a slow death

[slickr]

Starcraft 2, since Diablo 3 just needs to be bigger and have more stuff and it will be cool, while with starcraft 2 they have to apeal to old sc fans, pro gamers and new players and they also have some hard competition in the RTS market.
Not to mention that SC2 has to have 4 great components at the same time with multiplayer. single player, editor and battle.net.

[Thyiad]

Quick reminder to everyone: please post and then vote because if you vote first, you are randomly taken to a thread which bears no relation to the poll. Rather makes your post look a bit ... pointless. :D

Thanks.

[Matora]

Thanks Thyiad.

SC2 for sure. If there's flaws in D3 it can be patched fairly easily, as can SC2 but the impact might be more profound on gameplay for SC2 with no respecs in an RTS (for now). Creating a polished game that works from the get go with more professional enterprises riding on it makes this the one to get right.

[atigdng]

w.o.w imho

[asdf]

Diablo does not have its own dedicated TV show and league.

[Catchafire]

I vote SCII. Why? Because the nuances of the game are far more complicated and scrutinized than Diablo. The essence of SC is PVP, so it has to be balanced, fair, AND FUN. Miss one element and fail.

[Jcakes]

As everyone else has said I think two words can some this up
Starcraft, Korea.