User blog comment:Master Sima Yi/Assassinews 12-05-'15 — Assassin's Creed: Syndicate has been revealed!/@comment-24.199.113.201-20150607132445/@comment-24595865-20150607134934

No. It's just that recently, the modern day story hasn't been done that well. There wouldn't be any context for the story if there wasn't a modern day part of it.