Two points:
First, if you are always looking down to see your pickup, you should be glad you can't see feet, or else you just be seeing them instead of the pickup.
Second, I tested this myself by actually standing up from my computer and looking down, and given your character's range of motion in that game, you can't even look down far enough to be able to see more than just your toes out of the corner of your eyes.
But none of this really matters, since it's pretty clear to me now that either Lord Tony is just trolling us now or is deliberately trying to find fault with this game, no matter what he must do.