As is the case in previous games in the Assassin 's Creed series, the story is divided into two intertwined halves, with one in the present day, one in a historical setting, and the events of each influencing the other. Although the present - day story had previously established that an Animus was required to view one 's ancestors memories, the ending of Assassin 's Creed III reveals that Abstergo can now view a host 's genetic memories simply by sequencing the host 's DNA. As such, the player character is hired by Abstergo Entertainment to investigate a pivotal character in Desmond 's ancestry, the Assassin Edward Kenway. A notorious pirate and privateer operating during the Golden Age of Piracy, Kenway 's story is set in the Caribbean, and mixes open - ended ship - based exploration with combat and land - based adventures in Cuba and Jamaica, and on a number of Caribbean islands, parts of southern Florida and eastern Mexico.
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in the Caribbean