this game has a few superficial coincidences with F.E.A.R but apart from those, at a deeper level, it has nothing to do with the F.E.A.R gamefeel, pace and theme.
it seems that the (successful) marketing strategy was to present the game as a spiritual successor just like they did with back 4 blood, and the overrall consumer public face-value reading of things just rode on this and regurgitates it everywhere.