I'm with Jnuel on this one; Final Fantasy VIII's plot isn't convoluted at all, it makes a lot of sense, I'll also explain the story to you if you'd like.  And besides I've never played a game with so much detail to the world.  I mean there's just so much in this game I beat it 3 times (Tried to do beat it 6) and I'm always finding something new everytime I play it. 

FF6, 7, and 8 are the only ones I loved, though 10 and 4 are alright too. Although number 8 is actually my favourite - and one of my favourite RPGs of all time. I felt the story, characters, and setting, were head and shoulders better than any of the other games in the FF series. The only other game of that generation I liked as much as FF8 was Xenogears.

1. Don't waste time drawing magic, only draw GF's. Magic can be gained in much easier and faster ways, such as refining items and cards; almost all battles drop items, and you can buy them at the shop; there is a skill which will allow you to turn enemies into cards once they are damaged enough as well.
2. Junction system is very simple, you are over-analyzing it. Essentially you equip magic onto GFs, and then equip GFs onto characters, and equip special skills that come along with the GFs. It is a basic system with a couple of more levels to it; but it's not difficult.
3. When you don't want to fight battles, you can just use the Diablos skill "No Encounters" and then there will be no random encounters.
4. The story might seem a little strange because it has several plot threads instead of the usual simplistic fashion of FF stories. It is actually my favourite story in any videogame, although I really enjoyed Xenogears' as well.
5. The setting is largely steam-punk, similar to FF6, although it has some high tech stuff as well (like the Garden). The towns are the best in the series, there just aren't any others that compare.
6. There are way more extras in FF8 than any of the other FF games, ie. Selphie had a blog (years) before blogs were even around elsewhere - I didn't even find this until my latest playthrough earlier this year.
7. The side characters are more interesting too, even the ones with small roles. I also enjoy the mythology of FF8 more than the other FF games.

Its true that the draw system and reliance on GFs can make the battle system a drag, but the rest of your rant just sounds like stylistic disagreements or misunderstandings of the story/plot.  Alot of what is actually a rejection of a plot or certain characters due to unanalyzed personal character flaws is projected as nonsensical criticism of characters in a plot or movie.  

If you don't like it, move on. 

Epic!

Ok I got till this horrendous plot twist. Some crap about all the characters coming from the same orphanage, I don't know what to say, I don't think I can continue this game now.

I'll move on to FF9, sounds like I'll like it. Might come back to FF8 later.

Yeah

That's the one moment that makes or breaks the game for a lot of people.

Here's hoping you like FF9 more.

1. Because they're whiny and angst-ridden.

2. I don't really care what sort of rabid delusions you've decocted out of the smoking lobes of your fanboyism. VIII's plot isn't nonsensical because it's complex, it's nonsensical because the characters' actions and motivations do not make any sense.

3. You're wrong. No FF has had a more fully-realized world or better dialog than XII. That at the least makes it a worthy addition to the series.

Enjoy FF9.

But there are better plot twists your missing out on in FF8

1. thts bettr thn chrcters having no emotion like in ff12

2. is not delusion. U are bent on trolling FF8 so u are ignoring hidden meanings and whining about it being emo. the chcrcter motivations do make sense, all ov them do. Not every1 is like u and humans are diffrnt people, u cnt generalize chcretr motivations, different ppl react in different ways. U need to understand the plot ov FF8

3. No they dnt, but due to FF12's non existnt story, battle system and boring chcrcters its not

This thread has convince me to play FF8 again and try to defeat Omega Weapon this time! I just love this game so much. <3