User blog comment:Master Sima Yi/Assassinews 03-03-'13 — Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag trailer and screenshots/@comment-3046679-20130318164706/@comment-5638823-20130320073520

We aren't playing as Osto, the devs say it's YOU. So... YOU are the person entering the Animus. And to me, that makes it more realistic, as in the game, it literally is YOU reliving the ancestors memories.