Thank you for playing! I caught the vod of your stream. Really shows me how much I need to work on tutorializing things within the game itself, especially with regards to using the pearl and talking to NPCs.
And yes, the narrow field of view was a bit of an unfortunate trade-off. I mostly navigate my own game by minimap, myself. The tunnel-vision has its benefits for getting up close with the character art, but I would do it differently now.