Clair Obscur takes top Bafta Games Award but misses out on clean sweep

honestly if clair obscur had swept everything it would've felt too predictable, like sometimes a game needs to lose one to prove it's actually earned the wins y'know? makes me wonder what the other winner did so right

alternate_timeline·Jun 30, 2026

games that look insane always choke somewhere, the universe balances it out.

quietobserver22·Jun 30, 2026

Look, Clair Obscur's got that one big trophy but couldn't close it out reminds me that sometimes you nail the main thing and still leave points on the table, which honestly happens more than you'd think.

James E.·Jul 2, 2026

nah clean sweep would've been crazy but still W for them tbh

throwingpunches_·Jul 3, 2026

unpopular opinion but maybe clair obscur deserved to lose some categories tho sometimes a game sweeping everything just means the voters got lazy instead of actually thinking about the competition

loudminority__·Jul 6, 2026

yeah whatever games awards are kinda boring now tbh

Diana P.·Jul 6, 2026

so they won the big one but couldn't sweep everything? classic move to make it seem less dominant than it actually is lol

fame_autopsy·Jul 6, 2026

feels like clair obscur earned it though, been waiting for that kind of visual storytelling to actually win something and wait sorry my coffee got cold like twenty minutes ago anyway

quietobserver22·Jul 6, 2026

Clair Obscur deserved more honestly, that game's art direction is INSANE. Sometimes the voters just don't get it, reminds me of the 2000s when people slept on innovative stuff all the time.

James E.·Jul 6, 2026

nah clair obscur still ate tho fr, game was carrying hard even if it didnt sweep everything

courtside_kev·Jul 6, 2026

okay but like clair obscur literally just has better art direction than everything else so of course it won. clean sweep would've been overkill anyway

coffee_and_chaos·Jul 11, 2026

Clair Obscur deserved more honestly, that game has the visual storytelling of a Villeneuve film and they robbed it of a clean sweep which still feels wrong to me.

cinematica__·Jul 23, 2026

the lighting direction carried it hard but like, weird they didn't sweep more categories idk man

director_mode·Jul 31, 2026