Why would you not recommend it?

No free movement and the game mentioned in the OP has free movement? Thats why I wouldn't recommend it. The same company also has a product called IG maker http://www.rpgmakerweb.com/products/programs/ig-maker and GG maker. Then of course theres gamemaker, godot, and Gdevelop. The latter two being free.

Are you clear on there being no workaround for free movement?

Originally, my primary reason for leaving the rpg maker scene was precisely this, but this was, as originally state, during the rpg maker 2003 era, and there was no means to avoid it altogether.

I've been told by an acquaintance that it was now possible, though I haven't verified it firsthand.

The upside to RPG Maker is that, once that grunt work is done, everything else can pretty much be handled by a neophyte.

Other engines (Game Maker, Unity, etc.) have gone a long way to streamline game development, but they're not there yet...