As told melodramatically by: FINAL FANTASY VII
As retold by us: In a 'who cares if she croaks' style.
Above: Sixty hours of complex character arcs summed up by a death. That's right. She dies. Deal with it
As pretentiously told by: THE HALO TRILOGY
As retold by us: With a no-nonsense editor.
As half-heartedly told by: GTA IV
As retold by us: Even more half-heartedly.
As told - too seriously for a game with beefy spacemen - by: GEARS OF WAR
As retold by us: In a cold scientific, mathematical fashion.