What is this sorcery?

What is this sorcery?

I really like the idea of interactive storytelling games; I think it offers a unique perspective on a traditionally non-interactive genre. My idea would be quite simple; the premise of the game is the main character is charged with returning a prince from one end of the game to the other. The setting would be medieval Europe. I find that people really enjoy knights and kings and anything that goes along with a medieval concept. I would also like to add a sort of fantasy concept to the story by that I mean there would be some use of magic and there would also be a few mystical creatures involved, with Game of Thrones being as big as it is people will really dive in for this sort of game.

The gamer first gets to decide if he or she wants to be a male or female character once that is chosen some back story will be provided and that is he or she is a disgraced knight in an English kingdom and has one chance of redemption he or she has to battle his or her way through difficult wilderness to rescue the prince of the kingdom who had been captured after a battle in Germany. Getting to the prince will be the easy part because no one will have any idea who you are, but once you have broken into the German castle and rescued the prince that is when all hell breaks loose. Through the use of whatever tools and tricks you learned while on your way will be needed to get back to your homeland.

On the way one must learn skills that will be useful to help rescue the prince, these skills can include archery, swordsmanship and sorcery. It is also important to complete side missions, these missions would be like helping a local farmer fight some local raiders who are stealing his or her crop and in return this farmer would let you stay the night on your way back with the prince.

There would also be a free play mode once one has completed the main objective this mode would include a multitude of things ranging from raiding villages to become the ultimate bad guy or quite the opposite by completing tasks that the king has entrusted you with to become a famous knight. Throughout the game there will be a helpful narration that will lead you back on path if one is getting lost.