Quote Originally Posted by Azurymber View Post
I would argue:
new world
new battle mechanics
new graphics
new stats
new story
and the inability to do any old content

would make it a new game, as opposed to just a redesign or an expansion.
But redesign would be much better suited.
Wrong. Same world, and same story. They already announced that they were continuing the old story in 2.0. Also, we don't know at all if it's new stats or not. All we know is that stacking stat materia won't be as potent in 2.0.