Let's talk about the flawed emotion system

I think the emotion system can be tuned, but probably not overhauled, because it already permeates nearly every part of the game. I would say, if you hate the emotion system, you hate Sims 4. In principle, you can ignore the emotion and get things done, but you just see the emotion get in the way everywhere. If you want to play Sims 4, you need to accept the emotion system as it is.