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''Four Towers'' is an [[NintendoHard infamously difficult]] ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' map where the player plays as Max, a man whose village has been captured by an army of zombies and imprisoned in a fortress [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin composed of four towers]]. He must fight his way through the zombies, free his friends, and escape the towers.
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!!This map contains examples of:
%% * BigBad: [[spoiler:The Overlord]], [[NonActionBigBad although it never actually shows up.]]
* DiscOneFinalDungeon: So, you beat all 4 towers and gained access to the Central Fortress. You think this is the end? [[spoiler:Nope, that's just Chapter 1.]]
* DoomedHometown: It was attacked before the story even begins.
* DownTheDrain: You travel through the sewers to get from the Bedrock Tower to the Obsidian Tower.
* EarlyGameHell: The early part of the game has you with only a few fragile scraps of equipment and loads of monsters trying to kill you. You'll often end up having to fight off zombies with your bare hands or build walls to desperately try to avoid them. Once you get more equipment, things get significantly more fair, if not necessarily easier.
%% * EvilTowerOfOminousness: Four of them, in fact.
%% * FourIsDeath
%% * GreatEscape: The objective of the story.
* HappilyEverAfter: [[spoiler:The map ends with Max freeing his village, reuniting with his wife and son, and returning to his house, which you are free to explore.]]
* HellGate: [[spoiler:The Central Fortress contains a Nether portal which leads to the area where Chapter 2 is set.]] Also, the zombies were planning to build another one to [[spoiler:summon the Overlord]].
* ItsAllUpstairsFromHere: Played straight with the Obsidian and Gold Towers, but {{inverted|trope}} in the Bedrock and Ice Towers, where the objective is to climb all the way ''down'' them.
* MooksButNoBosses: More than enough mooks, but not a single boss in sight. Even the final confrontation is composed of platforming while under attack by zombies, with the final challenge being... hitting a switch.
%% * NintendoHard: One of the hardest adventure maps ever.
* TheMaze: The top floor of the Obsidian Tower is a maze which is full of zombies.
* PlanetHeck: [[spoiler:Chapter 2 is set entirely in the Nether.]]
* PlayableEpilogue: After winning, you enter Max and his family's house, which has no enemies or challenges, but can still be explored.
* RuleOfThree: 3 secrets in the Gold Tower.
%% * SlippySlideyIceWorld: The Ice Tower.
* StuffBlowingUp: Specifically, blowing up [[spoiler:the Overlord Portal]] is your final objective, and doing so reveals the exit of the final level.
* UnexpectedGameplayChange: While most of the map is straight up hack 'n' slashing with the occasional puzzle, the first half of the Obsidian Tower is composed of a series of much more complex puzzles, while the Ice Tower is entirely focused on platforming.
%% * TheVeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon: [[spoiler:The Overlord Portal.]]
%% * ZergRush: All the damn time.
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