Go with OS versions, or purchase software you can afford.

If you dislike Blenders interface you could try Caligari truespace (It became free when Microsoft bought the company) , download here: http://www.caligari.com/downloads.html

You might also want to try out Milkshape 3D (shareware, 30 day trial, $35 or €25 registration fee)
http://chumbalum.swi...e.ch/index.html

And there are definitly tons of other cheap or free 3d modellers out there that are perfectly suited for games, (If you intend to do high quality cinematics for your game the options are fewer and i'd recommend taking the time learning how to use Blender but for 3d modells pretty much any tool will work).