by Patr1ck on Sat Jun 19, 2010 5:53 am
It's an animation that involves two players but it plays out as one animation and looks the same every time. It's usually involves some kind of collision or is attempted to simulate a collision and give the game a smoother realistic look, which it has, at the expense of user control. During 2 player animations you have absolutely no control over your player for a moment until the animation has finished executing.
An example in 2K would be the double team animation, which is actually a 3 man animation but works exactly the same way. Players are "sucked in" to each other when the animation occurs and you can mash the pass button all you want but it will take a second for the player to actually attempt a pass.