User blog comment:M4$t3r4$$4$$!n/Concerns with AC3/@comment-4829046-20120828151803/@comment-4829046-20120829155215

Well all the landscapes aren't accessible from the beginning itself so we won't be able to go everywhere until we get to the mid point of the game so in the beginning few sequences we might not be able to view the mountain/lake parts of the map until later.