I had a chance to go hands-on with Assassin’s Creed Chronicles: China and get an early, firsthand look to see if the open-world action-adventure gameplay of Assassin’s Creed could transition into a 2.5D side-scrolling world. Assassin’s Creed Chronicles: China is the first in a series of three new, standalone downloadable titles from Ubisoft and developer Climax Studios.

Assassin’s Creed Chronicles: China will be downloadable to your PS4, Xbox One, or PC starting April 21. The next two chapters in the series, Assassin’s Creed Chronicles: India and Russia, were also just announced and will be available sometime later in 2015.