As far as the actual work of crafting a narrative, yeah.

TLoU had an infinitely easier time because there was a solid, "cinematic" narrative as the baseline.

Meanwhile, Arcane had to make something out of the half assed bios of discount Harley Quinn (and that's already a pretty low baseline) and fisting and police brutality jokes the girl.

The fact that you're downvoted over this comment reminded me of the strange phenomena when this show came out, most viewers were virulently opposed to the idea that it was anything but an accurate representation of history.

I mean, I loved the show but it was a heavy dramatization and that's not even a criticism, just a simple fact.