While some new features were praised, many were disappointed in the fourth entry, to the point where it is widely considered the weakest of the five games. However, the voice acting in the North American version was generally recognized as a good addition and well-done. The plot was also considered a strong point, if perhaps somewhat slow at first, and perhaps reason enough to play the game. Snowe Vingerhut was also widely praised as an excellent character; IGN said that "...his evolution as a character was definitely one of the best in any game of recent memory... I don't think there's another character like him in an RPG to date - and watching his ups, downs, and movements in-between, will likely be most people's driving force towards finishing "Suikoden IV"'s storyline."