Four Towers is an infamously difficult 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 composed of four towers. He must fight his way through the zombies, free his friends, and escape the towers.
This map contains examples of:
- Disc-One Final Dungeon: So, you beat all 4 towers and gained access to the Central Fortress. You think this is the end? Nope, that's just Chapter 1.
- Doomed Hometown: It was attacked before the story even begins.
- Down the Drain: You travel through the sewers to get from the Bedrock Tower to the Obsidian Tower.
- Early Game Hell: 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.
- Happily Ever After: 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.
- Hell Gate: 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 summon the Overlord.
- It's All Upstairs From Here: Played straight with the Obsidian and Gold Towers, but inverted in the Bedrock and Ice Towers, where the objective is to climb all the way down them.
- Mooks, but no Bosses: 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.
- The Maze: The top floor of the Obsidian Tower is a maze which is full of zombies.
- Planet Heck: Chapter 2 is set entirely in the Nether.
- Playable Epilogue: After winning, you enter Max and his family's house, which has no enemies or challenges, but can still be explored.
- Rule of Three: 3 secrets in the Gold Tower.
- Stuff Blowing Up: Specifically, blowing up the Overlord Portal is your final objective, and doing so reveals the exit of the final level.
- Unexpected Gameplay Change: 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.
