Yup. Ubisoft has been leaning hard into everything being either open-world or multiplayer. That’s the company strategy. They declared that “open world is the future” of gaming back in 2013, and really cemented that policy for development in 2015. Unless it’s one of their quirky non-AAA titles like Valiant Hearts*, don’t expect linear story-driven games from Ubisoft.
*Games for Switch not included.