Personally, no. Tolkien created them to be pure, irredeemable evil. They are, for all intents and purposes, Nazis. So, I don't feel any remorse and discomfort committing all manner of violent acts on them. To quote Samuel L. Jackson by way of Dave Chappelle, "Yes, they deserve to die, and I hope they burn in hell." Now, granted, I haven't played Shadow of War, so I don't know if the developers tried to humanize some of them at all. If they did, that's a mistake on their part.
I do, however, want to distance myself from a lot of the other people in this thread who also said "no." I'm seeing some of what I would call "anti-SJW rhetoric" in this thread, and that makes me more uncomfortable than popping any orc's head. There's nothing wrong with empathy or having second thoughts about committing acts of violence, real or virtual. These are admirable traits. It's far better to over-think things than to not think at all. So, while I disagree with the "yes" people, I fully support their reasoning in most cases.
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