Did you play Eternal Darkness? Why or why not.

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Levi said:

I tried it and loved every second of the game a matter of fact I need to go threw and get the other endings oh yeah if you a fan of the game then you really should read some H.P. Lovecraft books.

I know that the game was inspired by them- what a the books like, how much alike are they?