Gangland

In Gangland, your friends and family are just as dangerous as your enemies. Three men have murdered their own brother, and now it's up to you, the fifth brother, to track them down and kill them. In your attempt to avenge your brother's murder, you can make your own family, perform illegal activities to build a business empire, and overcome a variety of challenges. The game also features a multiplayer mode, where you must work your way up within the family and compete with other mobs and gangsters for supremacy in Paradise City.

The concept of Gangland is rather enticing. You select a character and start in the new world fresh from Italy. Your goal is to create a family and compete with others. There is a single campaign consisting of several missions to play through, as well as a multiplayer component. Along the way you to absolute power, you build up your character, fight with police, engage in gangland politics and duke it out in the streets. There is also a car driving component.
Unfortunately, none of this is executed well. The RPG elements lack depth. The combat elements are rather unbalanced. The AI is usually overpowered or dumbed down with no in-between. Even the driving physics fail to provide much entertainment. There are a number of bugs in the game that I won't bother to point out as there are at least patches in the works.
There also seems to be a lack of immersion in the game. The environments are not convincing. The streets fail to give the impression of being alive. Gangland never actually makes you feel like you are involved in a gang setting and not finding creative ways around monotonous missions.