The following are quotes (extracted from the article) from AC4's Game Director Ashraf Ismail:
3 to 5 hours for the present storyline doesn't inspire much confidence. It simply solidifies my fears that Ubisoft has no idea what to do with that particular storyline. As to the "why" there's 3 to 5 hours of "stuff" to do in the real world:“In total, if you were to do everything in the present day – find everything, hack every computer, access every room – it’s a solid three to five hours. For the main path – the stuff you’re required to do – it’s somewhere between 20 and 25 minutes. You leave the Animus five times during the game’s main path and each time you’re there for about three to four minutes.”
“It’s there to progress the story because there’s this meta story that we’re telling. Why are you researching Edward? Why him specifically? What did he do that’s interesting? There is a story that connects everything together. We pretty much tried to boil it down to its most core essence because we know there are people out there who really don’t like the present day, and that’s okay. You don’t have to like it, but it’s part of the brand. For the people who like the present day and are big fans, we put in a lot of fan service and a lot of fun optional content. You get to choose if you want it or not.
You have to hack computers and figure out how to access certain rooms and get through security. There is gameplay in just being able to access that stuff. When you access it, the content you find is a reward for us. Through this content you see what happens to Desmond after Assassin’s Creed III. We used it as an opportunity to say goodbye to Desmond."
Reading a couple of emails on a laptop isn't my idea of an epilogue to Desmond. In fact, I'd much rather he returned as the protagonist. I enjoyed the historical settings a lot (and I mean it), but what really pulled me in was the mystery surrounding the present day conflict between assassins and templars (and aliens). AC3 dropped the ball hard with Desmond and his storyline (both in terms of story and gameplay) and left many loose ends unresolved from the previous games.
To be honest, I no longer know what to expect from this franchise.
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