Yeah. They were in the early to mid-90's. I'm also overly-fong of FFVIII and FFIX, though that is most likely because they were the first FF's I have played.lol i can already tell your not too fond of VII. Why not Tobi?
I haven't approached the Final Fantasy's you like. IV, and VI. Just the other ones. Are they in the year 1990's or 1980's correct?
As for why I didn't like FFVII... The characters were particularly uninspired, the story a direct rip of FFVI with a retarded captain planet knockoff screwed into place, And it really didn't revolutionize anything. Yes, it was the first FF in polygons, good for it, just too bad other RPGs had already covered that ground and not look like Legos.