You still have as much control as you would have with the engine albeit you will be trading altitude to maintain that control.
Sorry, I strongly disagree, all the while you have altitude great, as soon as approaching the chosen lading point limited control of where you are now going and generally not many options to have a change of mind.
Again Pace you have much more experience than me and we are all trained to land in a field and this was a hard thing for me to change my thinking, which I believe I have now done over a period of several years.