I am also using Ogre in my projects, and I am very happy with it. Very fast and powerful (and free ;) ). I can definitely understand why it's the #1 ranked free engine at devmaster.net
One of my sub-projects is a high-performance tree rendering engine which you can use to create enormous realtime forests in your game. So far Ogre has been very easy to work with.
Screenshot. Video.
P.S. Here are some of my favorite Ogre screenshots (not mine):





Yes, I would say Ogre is an AAA engine.
One of my sub-projects is a high-performance tree rendering engine which you can use to create enormous realtime forests in your game. So far Ogre has been very easy to work with.
Screenshot. Video.
P.S. Here are some of my favorite Ogre screenshots (not mine):





Yes, I would say Ogre is an AAA engine.