Yeah, I had a feeling this was gonna happen lmao
I ended up reading the manual myself after attempting to pull myself up over a shelf to escape Scissorman.
I did link to a Reddit thread with the manual in a few posts back, but I feel like most people missed it
I'm currently trying to find the idol again. I had it in my first playthrough before I lost all my data, but it's not in the same place thanks to item randomization.
I've made some progress in Resi 3, though I do not remember the opening section as well as I thought I did lmao. Took me ages to get the map and figure out where the police station was.