If Shin Megami Tensei's Psychological Horror Hooked You, Put Iron Abyss on Your Radar
“Sci-fi horror mecha dungeon crawler” doesn’t sound like it has much business being compared to a decades-old JRPG about demon negotiation. But I’ve been playing Iron Abyss, and the Shin Megami Tensei comparison kept popping into my head way more than I expected. It Makes You Actually Sweat, Same as SMT SMT’s combat has never let you coast — Press Turn punishes a bad read hard, and every fight feels like it’s genuinely trying to end you if you’re sloppy. Iron Abyss gets you to that same nervous place a different way: a DEX-based CTB turn order closer to Final Fantasy X, where heavier actions cost you tempo and every single choice reshuffles who goes next. Nothing about it feels safe to zone out through, and that’s exactly the energy I love SMT for. ...