Mass Effect ending made my 8 year old cry.

I am the father of three and don't get a lot of time to play games. I have been playing through the Mass Effect series again for many months. Today I beat mass effect 3. I chose the destroye ending and as Shepard walked forward shooting the catalyst the explosion enveloping him. I hear my son who I thought was preoccupied with something else say "Dad did Shepard die." I told him he did (not being 100% sure of his fate). As the post game cut scene played he was so so sad and began to cry. I too started to tear up which I never done before with this game. My son has made a connection to this character and watched him die. This game even in passing for my son had meant more than I knew to my son. Thank you Bioware for making one of the best sci-fi stories and making a connection with my son and allowing me to have a conversation about sacrifice and heros.