The "beyond Half-Life 2" line is on the money⁠—I don't recall seeing the texture a single time in the campaign itself (so I guess it did its job).

Half-Life 2 RTX is on the way, and it's already evoking the same feelings of awe I had simply looking at the now-classic Valve FPS game almost 20 years ago. Featuring ray tracing, modernized ...

Half-Life 2, the RTX DLC on Steam is now available for free. This update is built on NVIDIA’s RTX Remix platform and brings a fresh look to the classic game by adding real-time ray tracing ...