With games that spawn entire genres, all games in that genre can in some form be thought of as spiritual successors, at least at first. Roguelikes these days have changed quite a lot.
LoL could be described as a spiritual successor to DOTA, but it doesn't want to be, especially given the current market. Arena shooters, on the other hand, are rapidly dying out. This game looks set to take the torch from Quake, so from an advertising point of view it makes sense to refer to it as that.
Basically, lots of things can spiritually success each other if you think about it hard enough. It's more about what people say.
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