Yeah VIII was convoluted but not overly complex. It was mainly just the presentation that let it down. Lots of things spread out over multiple screens, everything abbreviated, lots of stuff greyed out until you unlocked it with the right GF-Abilities...It was a good system though that had a lot of depth. It's just a shame that it discouraged you from using magic so much.

I think X also had some annoying flaws with the Sphere Grid. It wasn't that it was convoluted, just really annoying trying to fill everything in.

  • Luck Spheres. It was really rare to come across one of these on the grid, and when you did how often did you not have any Fortune Spheres? It was infuriating!
  • Level 2/3/4 Key Spheres. Getting enough of the ones you needed really sucked.