I thought this too with the Kill Confirmed mode in MW3, pretty much a direct lift from C2.
For blops 2 I can't remember what they were calling them, but the single player sections they were demonstrating as being more "sandbox" in layout. You say "sandbox shooter" and you immediately think of the original crysis.
Also the near future setting and a laser attachment on the M8A1 make me think of crysis too
Kinda funny, CoD shifting a little towards crysis style, while Crysis shifts alot towards CoD.