Just decided after thinking that you will only be able to attack when facing left or right, which might add a nice element to combat.
If anybody has any advice on if this is a good choice or not please tell me it I'm not sure about this choice.
I do not think this a good idea. If you get into a fight where you are surrounded, you will literally have to just move around them.
The solution to this is to make the monsters spawn in a way that they are not surrounded.