You can turnyourhead to turn in-game, andyou can freely aim all over the generous field of view without altering said field of view -- the latter feels akin to playing an FPS on Nintendo's original Wii, albeit far more accurate.
The concept of taking a finished game and hacking it to bits in order to milk more cash out of it does make you want to bang yourhead against a wall, and is a horribly greedy turn the industry has taken in recent years.