I got invited for the closed beta for Battlefield Heroes (and I have to point out that its made by EA), and I'm here to share my horrible experience.

First, the game is a pain in the ass to launch. I have to launch it from the website using only either Firefox 2 or Internet Explorer. Then a patcher appears, with a blank screen so you have to leave it there and wonder when they'll ask to launch game. The first time you launch it, its to install the game. They'll ask if you want to install the game for "all users" or "only me", and only the "only me" option works. I tried to go to the official forums, and I get error messages from time to time. They can't even make a forum properly?

And here's the epic finale:
When I finally launch it, it hangs at the black screen, then the computer crashes and restarts.

Pretty obviously I'm kind of pissed right now. Does EA always have to screw things up? This are really basic issues and should not even be present in the first place.

Then I tried a second time, hoping its one of those occasional crashes. But it wasn't. This time, I got a blue screen of death.

Don't tell me "its closed beta, you should expect things like that." I'll talk about my other closed beta experience.

I got invited to the closed beta for Darkness and Light (a DoTA copy published by Asiasoft, the game has been taken off). I activated my account for the game, downloaded it, installed it, and for comparisons sake, I have to say, downloading and installing went perfectly.

Then I launched the game, but instead a patcher came up. Ok fine. Its normal. It patched quickly and smoothly, and it even did a check for the files (to make sure its all good to go). Game launched, I went through tutorial, found a room and started playing till my hearts content.

Closed beta. Did I meet a single bug? No. Its worthy for full release.

The bottom line? EA sucks.