User blog comment:Master Sima Yi/Assassinews 05-08-'14 – Assassin's Creed: Rogue announced/@comment-4786308-20141013160942/@comment-3046679-20141017231642

ACL was not a Templar simulator. Aveline's memories were mostly intact, and she never joined the Templars for real, except for that mock-up at the end to kill Madeleine and all the others gathered in New Orleans.

Shay joins them for real. There's a major difference anyone should comprehend.