I played this game years ago when it first came out, and bought it again here this weekend. I had no recollection of there being so many control keys, the tutorial seemed to take forever to work through, having to back to the options every time to figure out what key it meant me to use.

Is there any hidden auto-run option so I don't have to double-tap the key all the time?

Hiya!

Firstly, no there isn't. It's just a case of learning those infernal combos & controls :(

Secondly, if you study this thread -

http://www.gog.com/forum/blade_of_darkness/is_there_any_way_to_use_a_360_controller_with_bod

- you may be able to figure out a way to use a controller. No recent updates there, I'd PM some of the posters and see how they got on with that.