Det kommer att ta mellan tre och fem timmar att utforska allt innehåll belagt i modern tid i Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag, menar game director Ashraf Ismail via Ubisofts blogg. Han poängterar samtidigt att det inte är ett tvång, och att den som vill spela sig genom Abstergo-labbet så snabbt som möjligt kan göra detta på ungefär 20 minuter.
"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."
"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."