About Chico => During one of the endings [?!?!] they say something about Chico being just another victim and that he - in the end - will be forgotten, like many before him.

I'm playing Witcher 1 for the 2nd time right now. In fact you can dodge during combat - just use any movement arrow two times in a row :) You could map Xbox 360 controller to keyboard and mouse - it works very well. There are also a few mods for combat rebalance and better graphics.