Actually DOS II was really Dark and gruesome.
The torture Chamber of Kniles, Shriekers, Mordus Have,
telling Kids in Driftwood their Friend who was looking for
his Mom got eaten by a Shark, any dialogue with Ghosts,
the slaughter in this Village in act 2 where you fight that
White Magister, the Graveyard of that elf Dude..i could go
on and on.
Stating its just Comic and goofy is a made up point, to exagurate
your disappointmend.