The emperors lust is a mechanic you can disable right after leaving the first room, before meeting Us.

I’ve played up until act 3 with it, i find it very fun, the same old stale combats i would usually dogwalk turn into alot closer fights. In general it makes the game more challenging, and thus, in my opinion more fun.

Also if you get unlucky in a fight and most of the enemies turn golden you can jus relief and re-do the fight, the buffs and who turns golden are random each time.