For the Gothic controls:

- You can try to map them to a gamepad. There are players who swear this is the best choice available.

- Download JemyM's FAQ. You can find it on the game's page here on RPGWatch. Don't try to guess how stuff is done. Try [CTRL or LMB] + forward, and if it doesn't deliver the intended result look it up in the FAQ. Learning the controls hardly takes more than 15 minutes. They are simple. Not intuitive but simple.