User blog comment:JAlbor/Wikia at E3 2012/@comment-75.106.64.58-20120523070217/@comment-4081435-20120523192313

I don't think they'll allow players to free roam in NY, but i think they're gonna do the same way they did in Splinter Cell : Conviction : "Here, this is the Templar base, scale it, find your way in" In my opinion that would make sense the most, otherwise it would be too GTA-ish.