I've only played Alexis and Val's path, and so far, I think this update is pretty weak.
Nothing special happened in Alexis' path, it was pretty normal, and in Val's path, it was nice to learn more about her, but at the same time, it didn't do a good job explaining her situation, because everyone puts their hands on her, and she never reacted as extreme as in the beach scene, seeing her crying was the big surprise for me.
Val's "problem" is that everyone puts their hands on her and, well, I'm not going to say that she likes it, but she certainly doesn't dislike it, and if that really were a problem for her, those many scenes wouldn't happen.
The scene with Mira was pretty unnecessary too, I thought she and Nate were together, and I would even prefer it if that were the case.