Serious question because so far I've found it dull, uninspired, repetative, overly complicated and nothing like a MGS game.

Didn't you say the same about The Witcher 3 and then later you started enjoying it?

I had certain things I disliked about The Witcher 3 but every single thing in MGS bores me to tears. Even the envoironments are dull. MGS is my favourite franchise and this is the worse MGS game I've ever played. It's dreadful.

I haven't played it yet but from what I've read and seen the main enjoyment of the game comes from the gameplay, building motherbase and micro management.

Be patient. Try harder and you may start finding entertainment when the game is more developed. This happens to me with most modern titles nowadays.

fun ? mgs was never fun.. its all about finding out with which character you're playing right now.

is it snake ? it could be...

Let's put it this way: I can't stand playing it any longer than an hour before I hit PS4 'Shut Down'.

Motherbase: Overcomplicated and uninteresting. A necessity rather than a side option.
Stealth: Clumsy, awkward, uninteresting to the point of redundant for me. I just kill everyone now because I can't stand another moment of it.
Side Ops: Pathetic and repetative. (get this guy. Get this thing. Blow this up)
Ops: pathetic and repetative. (Get this guy. Get this thing. Blow this up)
Main missions: Pathetic and repetative (Get this Guy. Get this thing. Maybe they'll add variety and let me blow stuff up.)
Gathering resources: Soon becomes a chore you have to do to upgrade your Motherbase
Snake: Just a guy with a gun.
Locations for missions: They're more or less the same. I sometimes think I'm playing the same mission again.
Buildings: Same shape, same layout, even the placement of collectables are in the same places.
Traversal: Slow, frustrating and downright annoying. Who doesn't want to spend ten minutes getting from one side of a mountain to the other?
Cardboard box: The layout of the levels makes it pointless
Tranquilizers: You'd better hurry up or they'll wake up and allert everyone. Ah, just kill them instead.
Alert Mode: Just start again, they're now running around like maniacs even though the alert status has gone.
Climbing: Hit triangle. That curb is more than 4 inches high.
Enemies: Wait a minute, I just removed eight enemies and now there's eight again.
Dust storms: Just make a cup of tea, you can't see a damn thing.
S Rank: Yeah, I'd love to go back and do that mission I found boring again.
Crawling under stuff: Why hell hell am I suddently moving so slow?
Calling for the helicopter: Come on, come on, I haven't got all day!
traveling in the helicopter: Now you've sat there for a while, why don't you sit for a while in the doorway too.
Menus: Jesus H Christ!
Controls: More is less.

It has lots of guns though.

It will get fun when that multiplayer drops

Gotta love sensationalist rebels lol

Gotta love metacritic slaves.