User blog comment:MeDeoPal/Assassin's Creed IV Story Ideas (Ye Be Warned Of Ye Spoilers)/@comment-180.200.158.33-20121107042018

I think we will play way in the past because in AC1 we played from the 12 century onward learning how the assassins and templars grow over time, AC4 is somewhat of a new begining aswell so just a speculation.