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The way they describe it, it's still pretty similar to D&D. Level 1 to 20, gain a feature every level, features gained in order, multiclass to get more control over your features... Yeah, that's D&D.
It's hard to say based on this article because it's a little vague, but the sense I get is that it's more like Pathfinder with feat trees, except that every ability comes from a feat (no class abilities) and you get a class feat every level. It sounds noticeably different from D&D, while still very much being a class-based system unlike games like M&M or CoC which use a point-based or skill-based system.
Saying it's not like D&D because it's more like Pathfinder is not a great argument, considering Pathfinder is essentially a split branch of D&D. And since the headline lists both D&D AND Pathfinder, it's still wrong.
I watched a review that made it sound like it's 5e based and only halfway through I realized reviewer just calls every "d20+ modifier" system "D&D-lite".