Finally got around to playing a version of 0.3.x, or at least part of the new intro. Just finished the new Andras-Alexia scene, and I have to say, I'm not sure this really does the intended job of making her feel like she has more agency. Yes, the decision to have sex with Andras is entirely hers now, but it feels out of character (though obviously this is subject to interpretation) and, more importantly, feels very similar to how the female lead will eventually just melt for the half-decent-looking asshole protagonist in your typical 80s B-movie despite having zero reason to do so in-character. And yes, while you can, on Alexia's behalf, choose NOT to do that, the way the choice is written after making the choice—not to mention the choice itself—suffers pretty significantly from these problems. As currently written, I really don't feel like Alexia has any reason to choose "Kiss him" beyond the player just wanting to see what comes after, which is also reflected, I think, in how many people have posted here asking how to get to that scene—they're not making the right choice to get to it because that choice feel weird and OOC.
I think I preferred (one of?) the previous way of doing it, where she chooses to sleep with him in order to protect Rowan without knowing he's already in the castle. It feels more in character, and while it IS for the sake of her husband, it still felt like her choice. The way it's currently written sort of hints at her attraction to Andras, but not nearly to the extent that she jumps his bones almost immediately after learning he's been lying to her the whole time and her beloved husband has been tortured and imprisoned for months; and the lack of agency implicit in that at least reinforced Alexia and Rowan's positions, where the current scenario does nothing of the sort.
I know another rework at this point is unlikely, but personally, I think the way I would have done it would be to preserve Rowan's choice on whether to try to find Alexia or not, and then either way, given Alexia the choice on whether to sleep with Andras afterwards. In the event Rowan didn't visit Alexia, I'd have left her choice about whether to sleep with Andras as a guarantee of protection, and in the event that he did, I'd have the choice for the hate fuck scenario, with some modifications—perhaps have Andras forcefully kiss her before the choice to at least give some potential build-up of passion, and then have the choice be between "Pull away" (with slapping and yelling afterwards) and "Kiss him back" (leading to the hate fuck).
In fact, I could see a scenario where you have both—Alexia choosing to fuck Andras to protect Rowan one week, only to learn after the fact that Rowan is still alive but succumbing to the passion built by that initial round for a hate fuck scenario afterwards, though fitting that in, writing another scene, and making art for it would certainly be more of an ordeal.
I dunno, the new sex scene just rings hollow to me as is. On the positive side, I do think giving her the choice on whether to warm up to him earlier on was a good move, and most of the rest of the new intro (that I've played) feels at least equal to, or even an improvement on, what came before.