I’m convinced horror games are the best medium for horror. I love reading horror fiction and watching horror movies too. I just feel like when playing a good horror game, the player is “in the drivers seat”. I’m open to hearing other opinions though!
On the other hand, despite there being countless games based on H. P. Lovecraft’s works, none of them (that I’ve encountered) hold a candle to his written word.
There is just something about cosmic horror that only works when reading. The nature of the horror being about unknown and literally indescribable creatures, visual depictions just never come close to what my brain conjures up while reading it.
That’s what it was, is eldritch along the same lines? Those are definitely better as written. May have not been as clear as I should have been.