I played White first, and I just recently bought SoulSilver. To me, so far SS is much better. The storyline seems to me to be slower, not as fast paced as White was. I just finished the 6th gym, and in the time it took me to get this far I would have probably beat the E4 for the first time in White (Ive played 3 playthroughs of white, and its rougly the same times it has taken me to get that far.) Plus I like the Pokes much better in SS, White was good, but I like SS a lot better. And im really looking forward to the endgame of SS, compared to White when I was just...What am I supposed to do now? Beat the E4 again? Booooring. Beat up Cheren and Bianca? Biancas a pushover, and Cheren isnt much of a challenge..Booooring. Catch MORE legendaries? What the hell? And the legends are so easy to catch as well...And theres not even a Safari Zone, nor Battle Frontier. And whereas SS has at least the Kanto region to beat, White has barely anything except for the E4, the champ, and your rivals. And all thats left is the Battle Subway and then the Dream World and battling other players, which I can do in SS anyway, and in SS you have the Battle Frontier, 8 MORE gyms after the initial ones, and a LOT more to do. But im not dissing White as a whole, just its endgame and comparing to SS its not as good. But if I had to choose, HG/SS would be my first pick out of every Poke game, with B/W following in second.