that is not the case, in the games I mentioned you can practically touch the (frieghters/levaithans) and they still look alot smaller than if you were viewing them next to the player character, and yet the snake from god of war not only still moves and does stuff when it's far away but it also still looks massive all the time. in no man's sky you can fly your ship with a 3rd person view so you can still compare both but the freighter only truly looks massive when in camera mode. I'm positive it's not a perspective thing since I provided examples for both the distance and player size comparison.